Palm Database ImageViewer
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'''Palm Database ImageViewer format''' is a type of [[PalmOS Database]] file. It contains a bitmap image, and is associated with the ''Image Viewer III'' application. | '''Palm Database ImageViewer format''' is a type of [[PalmOS Database]] file. It contains a bitmap image, and is associated with the ''Image Viewer III'' application. | ||
| − | It is | + | It is also known as '''FireViewer''' format, and maybe also '''TinyViewer''' format. |
| − | It | + | It supports at least grayscale images with 2, 4, or 16 gray shades. Images may be uncompressed, or use [[Run-length encoding|RLE]] compression. |
== Discussion == | == Discussion == | ||
Revision as of 13:10, 3 September 2017
Palm Database ImageViewer format is a type of PalmOS Database file. It contains a bitmap image, and is associated with the Image Viewer III application.
It is also known as FireViewer format, and maybe also TinyViewer format.
It supports at least grayscale images with 2, 4, or 16 gray shades. Images may be uncompressed, or use RLE compression.
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Discussion
The ImageViewer format has been decoded fairly completely, but as far as we can tell, no one has ever bothered to write any documentation about it – only source code.
The imgvtopnm software (also called imgvtopgm, apparently) by Eric Howe, released around 1997, is significant. See the README file in that software for information about its origins.
Netpbm's code was derived from Howe's software. ImageMagick also has source code for reading and writing this format.
Identification
ASCII characters vIMGView appear at file offset 60.
Software
- ImageMagick (format named "PDB")
- Netpbm (v10.52+): pdbimgtopam, pamtopdbimg
- imgvtopgm/imgvtopnm
Sample files
- http://cd.textfiles.com/pdasoftware/PILOT/ ...
- imgvtopgm-2.0.tar.gz → samples/*.pdb
- MemoWare → Advanced search → Search for "FireViewer" or "TinyViewer" format
