GRASP GL
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Revision as of 19:52, 25 April 2024
GRASP GL, or GRASP animation, is an animated graphics format associated with the GRASP (Graphical System for Presentation; later Graphics Animation System for Professionals) player software for DOS. It was created by John Bridges, who also created the PIC image format used in PC Paint.
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Format details
A GRASP GL file is structured as a simple container format. It contains embedded files in various formats, such as PCPaint PIC, CLP, GRASP font, and apparently GIF. One of the files is a .txt file, containing a script that controls the animation.
Related formats
- Amiga GL - variant
 - GRASP font
 
Software
- GRASP 1.10c
 - http://cd.textfiles.com/garbo/PC/ANIMATIN/ - MS-DOS software (refer to the index)
 - Deark can extract the embedded files
 
Sample files
- http://cd.textfiles.com/vgaspectrum/animate/gl/
 - adgl.arj, spaceygl.arj
 - http://cd.textfiles.com/garbo/PC/ANIMATIN/ (refer to the index)
 - dexvert samples — video/grasp
 
Resources
- Wikipedia:Graphics Animation System for Professionals
 - GRASP File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
 - Another document describing the .GL file format
 - Official(?) documentation here (mirror here and here)