Windows Animated Cursor

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== Overview ==
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[[Windows Animated Cursor]] Format ('''ANI''') is an animated image format, mostly used for cursors (mouse pointer graphics) on Microsoft Windows.
'''Windows Animated Cursor Format''' ('''ANI''') is an animated image format, mostly used for cursors (mouse pointers) on Microsoft Windows.
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== Format ==
 
== Format ==
 
ANI files use the [[RIFF]] container format. Individual frames can be encoded in [[ICO]] format, [[CUR]] format, or a "raw pixel data" format that does not seem to be fully documented.
 
ANI files use the [[RIFF]] container format. Individual frames can be encoded in [[ICO]] format, [[CUR]] format, or a "raw pixel data" format that does not seem to be fully documented.
  
== Resources ==
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== Identification ==
* [http://oreilly.com/www/centers/gff/formats/micriff/ GFF Format Summary: Microsoft RIFF]
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Files begin with <code>'R' 'I' 'F' 'F' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'A' 'C' 'O' 'N'</code>.
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== Sample files ==
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/desktopworks/CURSORS/
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* http://www.anicursor.com/diercur.html
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* http://www.angelfire.com/my/plinth/cursors.html
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== Links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130530192915/http://oreilly.com/www/centers/gff/formats/micriff GFF Format Summary: Microsoft RIFF] (from archive.org)
 
* [[Wikipedia:ANI %28file format%29|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:ANI %28file format%29|Wikipedia article]]
  
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[[Category:RIFF based file formats]]
 
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[[Category:Microsoft]]
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[[Category:Windows]]
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[[Category:Video]]

Revision as of 20:59, 29 March 2017

File Format
Name Windows Animated Cursor
Ontology
Extension(s) .ani
PRONOM fmt/386
Windows Animated Cursor Format (ANI) is an animated image format, mostly used for cursors (mouse pointer graphics) on Microsoft Windows.

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Format

ANI files use the RIFF container format. Individual frames can be encoded in ICO format, CUR format, or a "raw pixel data" format that does not seem to be fully documented.

Identification

Files begin with 'R' 'I' 'F' 'F' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'A' 'C' 'O' 'N'.

Sample files

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