MacPaint

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== Software ==
 
== Software ==
 
* [[Netpbm]]: macptopbm. Use the <code>-extraskip 128</code> option if the file has a MacBinary header.
 
* [[Netpbm]]: macptopbm. Use the <code>-extraskip 128</code> option if the file has a MacBinary header.
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* [[XnView]]
 
* [http://www.cloudpaint.com/client/index.php CloudPaint: online MacPaint simulator]
 
* [http://www.cloudpaint.com/client/index.php CloudPaint: online MacPaint simulator]
  

Revision as of 17:43, 25 January 2014

File Format
Name MacPaint
Ontology
Extension(s) .mac, .pntg, .pic
PRONOM x-fmt/161

MacPaint is the native image format of the MacPaint paint program for Apple Macintosh.

Images are always bi-level, 576×720 pixels in size, and use PackBits compression.

Contents

Format

Some MacPaint files begin with a 128-byte MacBinary header; others do not. The next 512 bytes have little or no significance to most applications. The pixel data starts at offset 512, or 640 if there is a MacBinary header.

Identifiers

  • MacBinary type: PNTG

Sample files

Specifications

Software

Resources

Personal tools
Namespaces

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