Dr. Halo CUT

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'''Dr. Halo''' is a raster image file format associated with the ''Dr. Halo III'' paint program for MS-DOS. It uses [[Run-length encoding|RLE]] compression.
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'''Dr. Halo''' was a line of raster image editing software for MS-DOS. It has a well-known device-independent '''.CUT''' image format, which uses [[Run-length encoding|RLE compression]]. CUT files are sometimes accompanied by '''.PAL''' palette files.
  
A Dr. Halo image is usually composed of two separate files: a ".CUT" file containing the bitmap, and a ".PAL" file containing the color palette.
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There is also a device-dependent '''.PIC''' image format. We have not located any details about PIC format.
 
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''[TODO: It seems that at least one other Dr. Halo image format exists. It's not clear whether its file extension is '''.pic''', '''.dhp''', or maybe something else.]''
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== Software ==
 
== Software ==
* [[ImageMagick]] (format named "CUT"; read-only)
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* [[ImageMagick]] (format named "CUT")
 
* [[Konvertor]]
 
* [[Konvertor]]
* [[XnView]] (read-only)
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* [[XnView]]
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/fantaziasampler/CLIPART/CUT/
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/fantaziasampler/CLIPART/CUT/
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/gameempire/SOFT/NEW/PRO7/
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/gameempire/SOFT/NEW/PRO7/
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/librisbritannia/GRAPHICS/CLIPDRHA/ ...
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** [http://cd.textfiles.com/librisbritannia/GRAPHICS/CLIPDRHA/1169.ZIP 1169.ZIP] - PIC format
  
== Resources ==
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== Links ==
 
* {{EGFF|drhalo|Dr. Halo File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
 
* {{EGFF|drhalo|Dr. Halo File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/pix_fmt.txt Picture format docs (of a number of formats including this one)]
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/pix_fmt.txt Picture format docs (of a number of formats including this one)]
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* [https://archive.org/details/Dr.HaloIII3.0KyeOEM Dr. Halo III] - Floppy disk images from archive.org
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* [https://archive.org/details/Dr.HaloPlus3.00QTronixOEMGerman Dr. Halo Plus 3.00 (German)] - Floppy disk images from archive.org
  
 
[[Category:Multi-file formats]]
 
[[Category:Multi-file formats]]

Revision as of 13:58, 27 October 2017

File Format
Name Dr. Halo CUT
Ontology
Extension(s) .cut, .pal, .pic
PRONOM x-fmt/316

Dr. Halo was a line of raster image editing software for MS-DOS. It has a well-known device-independent .CUT image format, which uses RLE compression. CUT files are sometimes accompanied by .PAL palette files.

There is also a device-dependent .PIC image format. We have not located any details about PIC format.

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