Windows Animated Cursor

Latest revision as of 15:34, 28 April 2024

Windows Animated Cursor Format (ANI) is an animated image format, mostly used for cursors (mouse pointer graphics) on Microsoft Windows.

[edit] Format

ANI files use the RIFF container format. Individual frames can be encoded in ICO format, CUR format, or a "raw pixel data" format that does not seem to be fully documented.

[edit] Identification

Files begin with 'R' 'I' 'F' 'F' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'A' 'C' 'O' 'N'.

[edit] Software

• Deark
• XnView
• Inkscape
• IrfanView

[edit] Sample files

• http://cd.textfiles.com/desktopworks/CURSORS/
• http://www.anicursor.com/diercur.html
• http://www.angelfire.com/my/plinth/cursors.html
• dexvert samples — image/ani

[edit] Links

• GFF Format Summary: Microsoft RIFF (from archive.org)
• Wikipedia article

[edit] References

1. ↑ https://reposcope.com/mimetype/application/x-navi-animation