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{{InfoboxFound |title=<center>HumanForms</center> |image=Humanformscover.png |imagecaption=The software's cover design. |status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> |datefound=27 Feb 2024 |foundby=Ziggy Cashmere, Bert Monroy }} '''''HumanForms''''' was a clipart image library produced by The Reference Corporation for use with the Apple Macintosh computer in MacPaint.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/Semaphore_Signal_19/page/n15/ Semaphore Signal #19] Retrieved 25 Feb '24</ref> Contained on a single floppy disk, it contained 26 pages<ref name="MP">[http://macpaint.org/bert_monroy.html MacPaint, Bert Monroy] Retrieved 25 Feb '24</ref> of drawn body parts for both the male and female bodies designed to be attached at the joints for technical illustrations.<ref>[https://hilmyworks.com/bert-monroy-photoshop-guy-since-the-ages/ Bert Monroy, Photoshop guy since the ages] Retrieved 25 Feb '24</ref> HumanForms was designed to be used by many professions but those who it was more precisely marketed to were choreographers, hospitals, and educators. <ref name="WAP84">[https://archive.org/details/washingtonapplepijournal198410/page/n25/ Washington Apple Pi Journal, October 1984] Retrieved Feb 25, 2024</ref> ==History== ''HumanForms'' was released in October of 1984 and retailed at $59.95<ref name="WAP84"/> (the equivalent of around $175 today). HumanForms was created by computer artist Bert Monroy with his partner at the company The Reference Company, with the artwork itself being drawn by Bert Monroy exclusively in MacPaint. <ref name="MP"/> ''HumanForms'' was meant to be part of a larger series of software under the ''RealWare'' title and be expanded with facial expressions and further details, however, this seems to have never come to fruition.<ref name="WAP84"/> ==Availability== Advertisements for ''HumanForms'' seem to end in mid-1985, with no sign of being rereleased or repackaged elsewhere. It's unknown how many copies were initially sold and there have been no records of copies being sold online secondhand. Three pages from the collection have been shared on Bert Monroy's page on the website ''[http://macpaint.org/ MacPaint.org]'' On February 26th, 2024, creator Bert Monroy sent a copy of the library to user Ziggy Cashmere. It was then [https://archive.org/details/humanforms uploaded to the Internet Archive] On the 27th of February. ==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed heights=300px> humanforms1.gif|Male Torso. humanforms2.gif|Male Heads. humanforms3.gif|Female Hands. </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Found literature]] [[Category:Found media]] [[Category:Miscellaneous lost media]]
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