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==Overview==
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An early (and pretty rare) animation format with simple player software for DOS.
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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
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|extensions={{ext|gl}}
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'''GRASP GL''', or '''GRASP animation''', is an animated graphics format associated with the GRASP (''Graphical System for Presentation''; later ''Graphics Animation System for Professionals'') player software for DOS. It was created by John Bridges, who also created the [[PCPaint PIC|PIC]] image format used in PC Paint.
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== Format ==
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A GRASP GL file is structured as a simple container format. It contains embedded files in various formats, such as [[PCPaint PIC]], [[PCPaint CLP|CLP]], [[GRASP font]], and apparently [[GIF]]. One of the files is a '''.txt''' file, containing a script that controls the animation.
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== Software ==
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* [http://cd.textfiles.com/carousel344/008/GRASP11C.ZIP GRASP 1.10c]
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/garbo/PC/ANIMATIN/ - MS-DOS software (refer to the [http://cd.textfiles.com/garbo/PC/ANIMATIN/00_INDEX.TXT index])
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* [http://entropymine.com/deark/ Deark] can extract the embedded files
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== Sample files ==
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/vgaspectrum/animate/gl/
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* [http://cd.textfiles.com/bbox4/animate/adgl.arj adgl.arj], [http://cd.textfiles.com/bbox4/animate/spaceygl.arj spaceygl.arj]
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/garbo/PC/ANIMATIN/ (refer to the [http://cd.textfiles.com/garbo/PC/ANIMATIN/00_INDEX.TXT index])
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRASP_(multimedia_authoring_software)
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* [[Wikipedia:Graphics Animation System for Professionals]]
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRASP_GL_library_format
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* {{EGFF|grasp|GRASP File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
* File format description[http://www.fileformat.info/format/grasp/egff.htm]
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* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/glformat.txt Another document describing the .GL file format]
* Another document describing the .GL file format
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* Official(?) documentation [http://pastebin.com/AVuEdKxN here] (mirror [http://pastebin.ca/2249105 here] and [http://paste2.org/p/2438002 here])
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[[Category:Graphics]]

Revision as of 20:08, 1 December 2015

File Format
Name GRASP GL
Ontology
Extension(s) .gl
Released ≤1986

GRASP GL, or GRASP animation, is an animated graphics format associated with the GRASP (Graphical System for Presentation; later Graphics Animation System for Professionals) player software for DOS. It was created by John Bridges, who also created the PIC image format used in PC Paint.

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Format

A GRASP GL file is structured as a simple container format. It contains embedded files in various formats, such as PCPaint PIC, CLP, GRASP font, and apparently GIF. One of the files is a .txt file, containing a script that controls the animation.

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Sample files

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