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
Released	1984

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

Though it is a vector format, it is often used as if it were a raster format. Many files contain just a single bitmap image.

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

Identification

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.