GRASP GL

File Format
Name	GRASP GL
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Video GRASP GL
Extension(s)	.gl

Overview

An early (and pretty rare) animation format with simple player software for DOS. GRASP stands for "Graphics Animation System for Professionals" and was created by John Bridges, who also created the PICtor image format used in PC Paintbrush. It uses the file extension .GL

Sample files

• http://cd.textfiles.com/vgaspectrum/animate/gl/
• http://cd.textfiles.com/cavebbsfiles/GRAPHICS/CAT.GL

Resources

• Wikipedia article: GRASP
• Wikipedia article: GRASP GL library format
• GRASP File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
• Another document describing the .GL file format
• Another version of document
• Official(?) documentation here (mirror here and here)