MSP (Microsoft Paint)

Revision as of 17:08, 11 January 2015

MSP (Microsoft Paint, or Windows Paint) is the native file format of the Paint application included with Microsoft Windows versions 1 and 2. It is a bi-level raster image format.

Format

Files have a 32-byte header.

Identification

Version 1 files begin with signature bytes 44 61 6E 4D.

Version 2 files begin with signature bytes 4C 69 6E 53.

Software

• XnView (MSP version 2 only?)
• Deark

Sample files

• http://www.fileformat.info/format/mspaint/sample/index.htm

Links

• Microsoft Paint File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats