Storyboard PIC/CAP - Revision history

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Jsummers: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Graphics |extensions={{ext|pic}}, {{ext|cap}} |wikidata={{wikidata|Q105850199}} |released=1985 }} '''Storyboard .PIC''' and '''.CAP..."

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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Graphics
|extensions={{ext|pic}}, {{ext|cap}}
|wikidata={{wikidata|Q105850199}}
|released=1985
}}
'''Storyboard .PIC''' and '''.CAP''' are graphics formats associated with ''Storyboard'', a line of presentation software by IBM.

There are at least three editions of Storyboard: ''PC Storyboard'', ''Storyboard Plus'', and ''Storyboard Live!''.

PIC is a raster graphics format. CAP is a screen capture format which may contain raster graphics, or characters/text. (However, Storyboard Live! does not seem to create text mode CAP files.)

PIC format is primarily associated with the ''Picture Maker'' component of Storyboard. PIC format can also be called '''Picture Maker PIC''', or something like that.

A CAP file is created by the ''Picture Taker'' component of Storyboard.

Picture Maker can read PIC and CAP files. Some versions of Storyboard also include a SHOWPIC.EXE utility that can display them.

== Identification ==
For PC Storyboard, all formats are observed to start with ASCII "{{magic|EP_CAP}}".

Storyboard Plus seems to use the <code>EP_CAP</code> format only for text mode CAP files.

In other cases, PIC and CAP use a different format that's not easy to identify. Based on limited testing, PIC files seem to start with {{magic|00 ?? c1}}, and CAP files with {{magic|54 ?? c1}}. The formats appear to be pretty similar after the first byte.

== Software ==
* [https://winworldpc.com/product/ibm-storyboard/1x IBM Storyboard 1.x at WinWorld]
* [https://winworldpc.com/product/ibm-storyboard/plus-1x IBM Storyboard Plus 1.x, at WinWorld]
* [https://archive.org/details/ibm-storyboard-live-1.0-3.5 IBM Storyboard Live! 1.0, at Internet Archive]
* [https://winworldpc.com/product/ibm-storyboard/live-10 IBM Storyboard Live 1.0, at WinWorld]
* [https://winworldpc.com/product/ibm-storyboard/live-20 IBM Storyboard Live 2.0, at WinWorld]
* [[Image Alchemy]]

[[Category:IBM]]

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 == Sample files ==
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/ibmStoryboardPic/
+* {{DexvertSamples|image/ibmStoryboardPic}}
 * [https://archive.org/details/the-world-of-computer-software The World Of Computer Software] → SBL5.ZIP → DEMO*.TEM - New-format files for various screen modes
 [[Category:Presentation]]
 [[Category:IBM]]

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 |released=1985
 }}
-'''Storyboard .PIC''' and '''.CAP''' are graphics formats associated with ''Storyboard'', a line of presentation software by IBM.
+'''Storyboard .PIC''' and '''.CAP''' are full-screen graphics formats associated with ''Storyboard'', a line of presentation software by IBM.
 There are at least three editions of Storyboard: ''PC Storyboard'', ''Storyboard Plus'', and ''Storyboard Live!''.
 PIC format is primarily associated with the ''Picture Maker'' component of Storyboard. PIC format can also be called '''Picture Maker PIC''', or something like that.
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 A CAP file is created by the ''Picture Taker'' component of Storyboard.
-Picture Maker can read PIC and CAP files. Some versions of Storyboard also include a SHOWPIC.EXE utility that can display them.
+Picture Maker can read PIC and CAP files. Some versions of Storyboard also include a SHOWPIC.EXE utility that can display them, and a PICTYPE.EXE utility that prints information about them.
-== Identification ==
+== Format details ==
-For PC Storyboard, all formats are observed to start with ASCII "{{magic|EP_CAP}}".
+Whether there's any important distinction between PIC and CAP isn't clear, but there are definitely two distinct PIC/CAP file formats: An "old" format that starts with "<code>EP_CAP</code>", and a "new" format that has byte <code>0xc1</code> at offset 2.
-Storyboard Plus seems to use the <code>EP_CAP</code> format only for text mode CAP files.
+An old format file contains either raster or character graphics. New format is apparently only for raster graphics.
-For the newer format, the following byte patterns may appear at the start of the file:
+For new format, the following byte patterns may appear at the start of the file:
   ?? 84 c1 01 00 = 640x200 16-color mode

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 == Sample files ==
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/ibmStoryboardPic/
 [[Category:Presentation]]
 [[Category:IBM]]

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 Storyboard Plus seems to use the <code>EP_CAP</code> format only for text mode CAP files.
-In other cases, PIC and CAP use a different format that's not easy to identify. Based on limited testing, PIC files seem to start with {{magic|00 ?? c1}}, and CAP files with {{magic|54 ?? c1}}. The formats appear to be pretty similar after the first byte.
+For the newer format, the following byte patterns may appear at the start of the file:
 == Software ==
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 * [https://winworldpc.com/product/ibm-storyboard/live-20 IBM Storyboard Live 2.0, at WinWorld]
 * [[Image Alchemy]]
-* {{Deark}} (old "<code>EP_CAP</code>" format only)
+* {{Deark}}
 == Sample files ==

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 * [https://winworldpc.com/product/ibm-storyboard/live-20 IBM Storyboard Live 2.0, at WinWorld]
 * [[Image Alchemy]]
-* {{Deark}}
+* {{Deark}} (old "<code>EP_CAP</code>" format only)
 == Sample files ==

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