I built a super simple way to use MacPaint 1.0 for the participants in my workshops and lectures. I'm sharing it so you can use it too!

[https://juliendorra.com/macintosh/](https://juliendorra.com/macintosh/)

MacPaint is a key step in the history of UX (and visual design!).

(It's also a pure, fun way to draw in a retro way, exploring the constraint of 1-bit illustrations)  
  
It uses the *insanely great* Infinite Mac as the embedded emulator, and adds useful tools around it:  
  
\- One-click shortcut to open MacPaint to save you 6 clicks every time (well, 5)  
  
\- Crisp fullscreen already set (perfect for the 1bit UI of the Macintosh)  
  
\- Real size display option to match the 9" display of original macintosh (it uses a custom list to guess most screen physical size, and calibration is possible for the purists). This option is useful to understand the size constraints the Macintosh UI designer like Bill Atkinson, Jeff Raskin and Susan Kare faced.   
  
\- Save screenshots of the Macintosh display. If you save in MacPaint and name your drawing, your screenshots will use the drawing name (using in-browser OCR!). Cleanly framed, properly named screenshots every time, while you draw.  
  
\- Save a video timelapse of yourself drawing, as a super light mp4 (using in-browser FFMPEG encoding!). **I think it's the easiest way to create a MacPaint timelapse that we ever had.** That's the feature I used to create the video in this post.  
  
Only limitation: the system disk is not saved between sessions. Use screenshots and timelapse to keep an archive of your work.  
  
Thanks a lot to Mihai Parparita for Infinite Mac and the embed API. Infinite Mac has been an incredible ressource the last few years for the Macintosh community, and I'm eager to use it more in workshops and lectures!

PS: I would love to see your timelapse videos!! Please share your drawings 😃

Super simple MacPaint 1.0 timelapse maker (also: real-size, easy screenshots)