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'''GRASP GL''', or '''GRASP animation''', is an animated graphics format associated with the GRASP (Graphical System for Presentation) 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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'''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.
  
 
== Format ==
 
== Format ==
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]], and apparently [[GIF]]. One of the files is a '''.txt''' file, containing a script that controls the animation.
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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
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/vgaspectrum/animate/gl/
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/vgaspectrum/animate/gl/
 
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/bbox4/animate/adgl.arj adgl.arj], [http://cd.textfiles.com/bbox4/animate/spaceygl.arj spaceygl.arj]
 
* [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==
* [[Wikipedia:GRASP (multimedia authoring software)|Wikipedia article: GRASP]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Graphics Animation System for Professionals]]
* [[Wikipedia:GRASP GL library format|Wikipedia article: GRASP GL library format]]
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* {{EGFF|grasp|GRASP File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
 
* {{EGFF|grasp|GRASP File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/glformat.txt Another document describing the .GL file format]
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/glformat.txt Another document describing the .GL file format]

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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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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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