PCPaint PIC

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== Software ==
 
== Software ==
* [http://www.xnview.com/ XnView] (though it seems to only partially support this format)
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* [[XnView]]
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* [http://www.shdon.com/software/pcpaint PC Paint 3.1]
  
 
==Sample files==
 
==Sample files==
 
* http://samples.libav.org/image-samples/pictor/
 
* http://samples.libav.org/image-samples/pictor/
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* [http://www.shdon.com/files/PCPaint31-Installed.zip PCPaint31-Installed.zip] → *.PIC
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
 
* [[Wikipedia:PICtor PIC image format|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:PICtor PIC image format|Wikipedia article]]
* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/pictor/egff.htm Pictor PC Paint File Format Summary] from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
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* {{EGFF|pictor|Pictor PC Paint File Format Summary}} from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
 
* [http://netghost.narod.ru/gff/vendspec/pictor/pictor.txt PCPAINT/PICtor description] by John Bridges himself
 
* [http://netghost.narod.ru/gff/vendspec/pictor/pictor.txt PCPAINT/PICtor description] by John Bridges himself
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/pix_fmt.txt Picture format docs (of a number of formats including this one)]
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/pix_fmt.txt Picture format docs (of a number of formats including this one)]

Revision as of 22:32, 25 February 2014

File Format
Name PCPaint PIC
Ontology
Extension(s) .pic, .clp
PRONOM x-fmt/170

PICtor format, or PC Paint format, is a raster image format created by John Bridges for his PCPaint graphics program. Filenames use the extension .PIC (sometimes .CLP).

Contents

Format

There are multiple versions of the format, and it appears to be somewhat challenging to decode.

The most significant versions are probably the ones written by PC Paint 2.0 and higher. They have a 17-byte header, and are identified by the PaletteFlag field (the 12th byte in the file) having the value 0xff.

Identification

Files begin with signature bytes 0x34 0x12.

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