WordPerfect Graphics

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'''WordPerfect Graphics''' ('''WPG''') is an image file format associated with the [[WordPerfect]] word processor. Some WPG files store only raster graphics, some store only vector graphics, and some store both.
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'''WordPerfect Graphics''' ('''WPG''') is an image file format associated with the [[WordPerfect]] word processor. Other names for it include '''WordPerfect Graphics Metafile''' and '''WordPerfect bitmap'''. The word '''Corel''' may also appear in the name.
  
Other names for it (or subformats of it) include '''WordPerfect Graphics Metafile''' and '''WordPerfect bitmap'''. The word '''Corel''' may also appear in the name.
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WPG is a fundamentally vector format, but it was often used as if it were a raster format. Many WPG files contain just a single raster image. Some image viewers "support" WPG by extracting the raster image(s), and ignoring everything else.
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== Format details ==
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The [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]] states that WPG is a [[Endianness|big-endian]] format, but that is incorrect. WPG is mainly a little-endian format; it also has a variable-length integer format that sometimes uses a ''mixed-endian'' format.
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
Some or all WPG files begin with bytes <code>FF 'W' 'P' 'C' 10 00 00 00 01 16 01 00 ?? ?? 00 00</code>.
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Some or all WPG files begin with bytes {{magic|FF 'W' 'P' 'C' 10 00 00 00 01 16 01 00 ?? ?? 00 00}}.
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==

Revision as of 18:25, 4 February 2017

File Format
Name WordPerfect Graphics
Ontology
Extension(s) .wpg
PRONOM x-fmt/395

WordPerfect Graphics (WPG) is an image file format associated with the WordPerfect word processor. Other names for it include WordPerfect Graphics Metafile and WordPerfect bitmap. The word Corel may also appear in the name.

WPG is a fundamentally vector format, but it was often used as if it were a raster format. Many WPG files contain just a single raster image. Some image viewers "support" WPG by extracting the raster image(s), and ignoring everything else.

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Format details

The Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats states that WPG is a big-endian format, but that is incorrect. WPG is mainly a little-endian format; it also has a variable-length integer format that sometimes uses a mixed-endian format.

Identification

Some or all WPG files begin with bytes FF 'W' 'P' 'C' 10 00 00 00 01 16 01 00 ?? ?? 00 00.

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