MSP (Microsoft Paint)

File Format
Name	MSP (Microsoft Paint)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics MSP (Microsoft Paint)
Extension(s)	.msp
PRONOM	x-fmt/214

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
• RECOIL

Sample files

• http://www.fileformat.info/format/mspaint/sample/index.htm
• MSP1.ZIP

Links

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