MegaPaint BLD - Revision history

Sembiance: /* Software */

2025-06-13T07:06:46Z

‎Software

Dexvertbot: /* Sample files */

2023-12-28T04:39:23Z

‎Sample files

Sembiance: /* Software */

2021-09-20T02:44:31Z

‎Software

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2021-09-20T02:43:47Z

‎Sample files

Sembiance: /* Sample files */

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‎Sample files

Jsummers at 18:06, 2 September 2018

2018-09-02T18:06:32Z

Zzo38: +Farbfeld Utilities

2018-09-01T17:21:09Z

+Farbfeld Utilities

Jsummers at 12:58, 28 August 2018

2018-08-28T12:58:04Z

Jsummers at 12:56, 28 August 2018

2018-08-28T12:56:25Z

Jsummers: Format details

2018-08-27T14:57:17Z

Format details

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 * [http://whatis.rest7.com/how-to-open-bld-file Rest7 Online Converter]
 * {{Deark}}
 * MegaPaint
 ** http://cd.textfiles.com/pslmonthly25/words/dos/gr_draw/megapnt.exe - MegaPaint PC Version 1.10; English; shareware

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 * http://cd.textfiles.com/pslmonthly25/words/dos/gr_draw/megapnt.exe ([[Self-extracting ZIP]]) → PICTURES/*.BLD
 * http://cd.textfiles.com/suzybatari1/picmanip/pic_m2r/mpntdemo/pictures/ → *.bld
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/bld/
+* {{DexvertSamples|image/bld}}
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/megaPaintPattern/
+* {{DexvertSamples|image/megaPaintPattern}}
 == Links ==

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 * [[Farbfeld Utilities]]
 * [http://whatis.rest7.com/how-to-open-bld-file Rest7 Online Converter]
 * MegaPaint
 ** http://cd.textfiles.com/pslmonthly25/words/dos/gr_draw/megapnt.exe - MegaPaint PC Version 1.10; English; shareware

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 * http://cd.textfiles.com/suzybatari1/picmanip/pic_m2r/mpntdemo/pictures/ → *.bld
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/bld/
 == Links ==

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 * http://cd.textfiles.com/pslmonthly25/words/dos/gr_draw/megapnt.exe ([[Self-extracting ZIP]]) → PICTURES/*.BLD
 * http://cd.textfiles.com/suzybatari1/picmanip/pic_m2r/mpntdemo/pictures/ → *.bld
 == Links ==

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 * .VEK - MegaPaint vector format
 * .LIB - MegaPaint symbols library
 * .FNT - MegaPaint font
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 ! Offset !! Type !! Details
 |-
-|0 || signed int16 BE || Code for the image width and compression scheme. Actual width is 1 + the absolute value of this field. If negative, image is compressed.
+|0 || signed int16 [[Endianness|BE]] || Code for the image width and compression scheme. Actual width is 1 + the absolute value of this field. If negative, image is compressed.
 |-
 |2 || signed(?) int16 BE || Code for the image height. Actual height is 1 + the value of this field.

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 * [[Konvertor]]
 * [[RECOIL]]
 * [http://whatis.rest7.com/how-to-open-bld-file Rest7 Online Converter]
 * MegaPaint

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:58, 28 August 2018
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	* [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/TommySoftware German Wikipedia: TommySoftware]		* [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/TommySoftware German Wikipedia: TommySoftware]
	* {{AtariForumWiki\|MegaPaint_file_format\|MegaPaint file format}}, from the Atari Forum Wiki		* {{AtariForumWiki\|MegaPaint_file_format\|MegaPaint file format}}, from the Atari Forum Wiki
		+
		+	[[Category:Atari graphics formats]]

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 |subcat=Graphics
 |extensions={{ext|bld}}
-|released=~1990
+|released=≤1990
 }}
 '''MegaPaint BLD''' is the main native raster graphics format of MegaPaint, a graphics editor developed by TommySoftware. There were editions of MegaPaint for Atari ST, MS-DOS, and Windows. Some were released as shareware. The best information about MegaPaint might be in German.
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 == Related formats ==
 Other MegaPaint formats include:
-* .PAT - MegaPaint Pattern
+* .PAT - MegaPaint pattern
-* .VEK - MegaPaint Vector format
+* .VEK - MegaPaint vector format
-* .LIB - Megapaint symbols library
+* .LIB - MegaPaint symbols library
-* .FNT - MegaPaint Font
+* .FNT - MegaPaint font
 == Format details ==
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 ! Offset !! Type !! Details
 |-
-|0 || signed int16 BE || Code for the image width. Actual width is 1 + the absolute value of this field. If negative, image is compressed.
+|0 || signed int16 BE || Code for the image width and compression scheme. Actual width is 1 + the absolute value of this field. If negative, image is compressed.
 |-
 |2 || signed(?) int16 BE || Code for the image height. Actual height is 1 + the value of this field.
 |-
-|4 || bytes || The pixel data. After decompression if necessary (see below), the format is 1 bit/pixel, white-is-zero. Rows are apparently padded to the next byte boundary, though the software might only write widths that are a multiple of 8.
+|4 || bytes || The pixel data. After decompression if necessary (see below), the format is 1 bit/pixel, white-is-zero. Rows are padded to the next byte boundary.
 |}
 === Decompression algorithm ===
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! Code byte (N) !! Instructions
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 * [[XnView]]
 * [[Konvertor]]
 * [http://whatis.rest7.com/how-to-open-bld-file Rest7 Online Converter]
 * MegaPaint