Painter PIX

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Early [[Painter_RIFF|Painter]] software would create a "PREVIEW.PIX" file which contained a thumbnail of every file in the folder.<ref>http://forums.cgsociety.org/t/how-to-preview-painter-files/1017453/3</ref> This thumbnail would display when opening the file in Painter.
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Early [[Painter RIFF|Painter]] software would create a "PREVIEW.PIX" file which contained a thumbnail of every file in the folder.<ref>http://forums.cgsociety.org/t/how-to-preview-painter-files/1017453/3</ref> This thumbnail would display when opening the file in Painter.
  
 
==File Information==
 
==File Information==
'''PREVIEW.PIX''' files begin with the hex values <code>00000100</code>, then end with a list of filenames for the thumbnails it contains. Thumbnails appear to be in the [[PICT]] format, starting at offset 260.
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'''PREVIEW.PIX''' files appear to use [[Macintosh resource file]] format as a container format. Thumbnails appear to be stored as resources in [[PICT]] format.
  
 
==Sample Files==
 
==Sample Files==
* https://archive.org/download/PAINTER4CD/PAINTER4CD.iso/GOODIES%2FPHOTOS%2FHISTORY%2FPREVIEW.PIX
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* [https://archive.org/details/PAINTER4CD Painter 4] → [https://archive.org/download/PAINTER4CD/PAINTER4CD.iso/GOODIES%2FPHOTOS%2FHISTORY%2FPREVIEW.PIX GOODIES/PHOTOS/HISTORY/PREVIEW.PIX]
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
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Latest revision as of 13:19, 30 September 2022

File Format
Name Painter PIX
Ontology
Extension(s) .pix
Released 1990

Early Painter software would create a "PREVIEW.PIX" file which contained a thumbnail of every file in the folder.[1] This thumbnail would display when opening the file in Painter.

[edit] File Information

PREVIEW.PIX files appear to use Macintosh resource file format as a container format. Thumbnails appear to be stored as resources in PICT format.

[edit] Sample Files

[edit] References

  1. http://forums.cgsociety.org/t/how-to-preview-painter-files/1017453/3
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