Utah RLE

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'''Utah RLE''' is a raster image file format associated with the '''Utah Raster Toolkit''' software.
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'''Utah RLE''' (or '''URT RLE''', or sometimes just '''RLE''') is a raster image file format associated with the '''Utah Raster Toolkit''' software.
  
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== Format ==
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A Utah RLE file contains the following entities, in this order. (Not all of them are present in every file.)
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* Fixed 15-byte header
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* Background color
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* Color map
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* Comments
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* Pixel data
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== Identification ==
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Files begin with signature bytes <code>0x52 0xCC</code>.
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== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
* [http://www.martinreddy.net/gfx/2d/RLE.txt Design of the Utah RLE format]
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* [http://www.martinreddy.net/gfx/2d/RLE.txt Design of the Utah RLE format] (figure 2-1 and 2-2 are not included)
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
* [http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/ Netpbm]
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* [[Netpbm]]: rletopnm, pnmtorle (uses a fork of the Utah Raster Toolkit)
* [ftp://ftp.uni-potsdam.de/pub/unix/graphics/imageprocessing/urt/ Utah Raster Toolkit]
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* [[ImageMagick]] (format named "RLE"; read-only)
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* Utah Raster Toolkit source code: [ftp://ftp.graphicsmagick.org/pub/GraphicsMagick/delegates/ GraphicsMagick delegates] → urt-*
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* [ftp://ftp.uni-potsdam.de/pub/unix/graphics/imageprocessing/urt/ Utah Raster Toolkit source code]
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== Sample files ==
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* [ftp://ftp.uni-potsdam.de/pub/unix/graphics/imageprocessing/urt/urt-img.tar urt-img.tar]
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* {{DexvertSamples|image/utahRLE}}
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
* [http://www.cs.utah.edu/gdc/projects/urt/ Utah Raster Toolkit documentation]
 
* [http://www.cs.utah.edu/gdc/projects/urt/ Utah Raster Toolkit documentation]
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* {{EGFF|utah|Utah RLE File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
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* [https://archive.org/details/mac_Graphics_File_Formats_Second_Edition_1996/page/n943/mode/2up Encyclopedia of graphics file formats]

Latest revision as of 02:56, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name Utah RLE
Ontology
Extension(s) .rle
Released ≤1987

Utah RLE (or URT RLE, or sometimes just RLE) is a raster image file format associated with the Utah Raster Toolkit software.

Contents

[edit] Format

A Utah RLE file contains the following entities, in this order. (Not all of them are present in every file.)

  • Fixed 15-byte header
  • Background color
  • Color map
  • Comments
  • Pixel data

[edit] Identification

Files begin with signature bytes 0x52 0xCC.

[edit] Specifications

[edit] Software

[edit] Sample files

[edit] External links

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