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'''.KQP''' is a raster graphics format associated with ''Konica Picture Show'', and related software (''PC PictureShow''). Konica Picture Show seems to have been a 1990s-era photo development service that provided digital images on floppy disk.
 
'''.KQP''' is a raster graphics format associated with ''Konica Picture Show'', and related software (''PC PictureShow''). Konica Picture Show seems to have been a 1990s-era photo development service that provided digital images on floppy disk.
  
The .KQP file extension was probably derived from ''Konica Quality Photo'', a division of Konica. It is also alleged to stand for ''Konica Quality Picture''
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The .KQP file extension was probably derived from ''Konica Quality Photo'', a division of Konica. It is also said to stand for ''Konica Quality Picture''
  
== Format details ==
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KQP is a form of [[Pegasus PIC]]. See [[Pegasus PIC]] for more information relevant to KQP.
KQP format is an incompatible extension of [[BMP]].
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A KQP file contains embedded [[JPEG]] data, but it lacks the critical DQT and DHT segments, so it can't just be extracted as a standard JPEG file.
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== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
Known files start with bytes {{magic|42 4d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}}, and have {{magic|4a 50 45 47}} ("{{magic|JPEG}}") at offset 30.
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Refer to [[Pegasus PIC#Identification]]. It's not known if it's possible to distinguish between KQP and PIC.
 
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They also apparently have {{magic|44 00 00 00}} at offset 14, indicating a BMP "INFOHEADER" size of 68. This is distinctive, but hasn't been confirmed to be true for all KQP files.
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== Software ==
 
== Software ==
* [[XnView]]
 
 
* {{Deark}}
 
* {{Deark}}
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19971009124355/http://www.konica.com/soft.htm Archived PC PictureShow website] → [https://web.archive.org/web/19971009124355/http://www.konica.com/software/Konica_PC_PictureShow.sit.hqx v1.4.1 for Mac] → ... → *.KQP
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19971009124355/http://www.konica.com/soft.htm Archived PC PictureShow website] → [https://web.archive.org/web/19971009124355/http://www.konica.com/software/Konica_PC_PictureShow.sit.hqx v1.4.1 for Mac] → ... → *.KQP
* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/konicaQualityPhoto/
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* {{DexvertSamples|image/konicaQualityPhoto}}
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.photo.digital/c/lkz_8p8S2U0 Usenet thread - rec.photo.digital]
 
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.photo.digital/c/lkz_8p8S2U0 Usenet thread - rec.photo.digital]
 
* [https://groups.google.com/g/comp.graphics.misc/c/nPQyhOi_LRw Usenet thread - comp.graphics.misc]
 
* [https://groups.google.com/g/comp.graphics.misc/c/nPQyhOi_LRw Usenet thread - comp.graphics.misc]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19971009124355/http://www.konica.com/soft.htm Archived Konica PC PictureShow website] (only the Mac links seem to work)
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/19971009124355/http://www.konica.com/soft.htm Archived Konica PC PictureShow website]
* [https://archive.org/details/Konica_Minolta_PC_Picture_Show_ML2-084271-924781_11-08-05_2004 Konica Minolta PC Picture Show] - CD image at Internet Archive (no idea if this support KQP format)
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* [https://archive.org/details/Konica_Minolta_PC_Picture_Show_ML2-084271-924781_11-08-05_2004 Konica Minolta PC Picture Show] - CD image at Internet Archive (no idea if this supports KQP format)
  
 
[[Category:JPEG]]
 
[[Category:JPEG]]

Latest revision as of 04:34, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name KQP
Ontology
Extension(s) .kqp

.KQP is a raster graphics format associated with Konica Picture Show, and related software (PC PictureShow). Konica Picture Show seems to have been a 1990s-era photo development service that provided digital images on floppy disk.

The .KQP file extension was probably derived from Konica Quality Photo, a division of Konica. It is also said to stand for Konica Quality Picture

KQP is a form of Pegasus PIC. See Pegasus PIC for more information relevant to KQP.

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[edit] Identification

Refer to Pegasus PIC#Identification. It's not known if it's possible to distinguish between KQP and PIC.

[edit] Software

[edit] Sample files

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