Image Gallery (Alchemy Mindworks)

File Format
Name	Image Gallery (Alchemy Mindworks)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Image Gallery (Alchemy Mindworks)
Extension(s)	.gal
Released	1991

Image Gallery is an image cataloging application for DOS, developed by Alchemy Mindworks. Its native Gallery (.GAL) file format contains image thumbnails, and other metadata including comments, keywords, and the original file location.

Thumbnails may be monochrome (bi-level), grayscale, or color. Support for color was introduced in version 1.1e.

Identification

GAL files start with ASCII "ALCHGLRY".

Software

• Image Gallery
  • 1.0a: GALLRY.ZIP
  • 1.0b: DOSmate Silver → dm_sil/GRAPHICS/IMAGAL.ZIP
  • 1.1a: GALLRY.ZIP
  • 1.1d: Computer Supermarket → DRAWING/GALLRY11.ZIP
  • 1.1e: GALLRY.ZIP
• Deark

Sample files

• GALLRY.ZIP → EXAMPLE*.GAL
• http://cd.textfiles.com/gifgalaxy/IMAGGALL/