Cyber Paint Cell

File Format
Name	Cyber Paint Cell
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Atari graphics formats Cyber Paint Cell
Extension(s)	.cel
Released	1987

Cyber Paint Cell (CEL) is a raster graphics format associated with the Cyber Paint application for Atari ST computers.

Identification

Cyber Paint Cell    *.CEL

Saved much like a sequence frame, however some fields are not used.
They can be any size up to 320x200.

1 word      magic [$FFFF]
1 word      resolution [always 0 = low res]
16 words    palette
12 bytes    filename [usually "        .   "]
1 word      limits [not used]
1 word      speed [not used]
1 word      steps [not used]
1 word      x offset [0 - 319]
1 word      y offset [0 - 199]
1 word      width in pixels [max. 320]
1 word      height in pixels [max. 200]
1 byte      operation [always 0 = copy]
1 byte      storage method [always 0 = uncompressed]
1 long      length of data in bytes
30 bytes    reserved
30 bytes    padding
--------
128 bytes   total for header

? bytes     image data

The image data is always uncompressed and is simply copied onto the 
screen at position (x, y) specified in the header.

Software

• RECOIL

Sample files

• dexvert samples — image/cyberPaintCel

Links

• Cyber Paint history
• Cyber_Paint_Cell_file_format