PICT

File Format
Name	PICT
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics PICT ; ; ;
Extension(s)	.pict, .pct, .pic
MIME Type(s)	image/x-pict, image/pict
PRONOM	fmt/341, x-fmt/80

Revision as of 00:26, 13 October 2015

PICT, or QuickDraw/PICT, is a graphics file format used on Macintosh computers. It is associated with the QuickDraw API.

Although many PICT files contain only raster graphics, it is technically a vector/metafile format.

Among other places, PICT is used for graphics stored within Keynote documents.

Version 1 PICT files have (hex) bytes 11 01 at offset 522.

Version 2 PICT files have bytes 00 11 02 ff 0c 00 at file offset 522.

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 Among other places, PICT is used for graphics stored within [[Keynote]] documents.
+== Identification ==
+Version 1 PICT files have (hex) bytes {{magic|11 01}} at offset 522.
+Version 2 PICT files have bytes {{magic|00 11 02 ff 0c 00}} at file offset 522.
+== Specifications ==
+* [http://show.docjava.com/posterous/file/2012/07/9614410-DOC01.PDF PICT File Format Notes]
+* [https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/mac/pdf/ImagingWithQuickDraw.pdf Inside Macintosh: Imaging With QuickDraw] - Has definitions of some data structures
 == Software ==
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 == Resources ==
 * {{EGFF|macpict|Macintosh PICT File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
+* [http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/PICT.html ExifTool: PICT Tags]
 * [[Wikipedia:PICT|Wikipedia article]]
 [[Category:Macintosh]]