MSP (Microsoft Paint)


 * This article is about the Windows 1 and 2 graphics format. For the Windows Installer file format of the same name, see Windows Installer.

MSP (Microsoft Paint, or Windows Paint) is the native file format of the Paint application included with Microsoft Windows versions 1 and 2. It is a bi-level raster image format.

Format
Files have a 32-byte header.

Identification
Version 1 files begin with signature bytes.

Version 2 files begin with signature bytes.

Software

 * Microsoft Paint (Windows 3.1x version can convert to a .bmp file.)
 * Konvertor
 * XnView (MSP version 2 only?)[citation needed]
 * RECOIL
 * RECOIL

Sample files

 * http://www.fileformat.info/format/mspaint/sample/index.htm
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/msp/
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/msp/

Links

 * , from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats