PabloPaint

File Format
Name	PabloPaint
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Atari graphics formats PabloPaint
Extension(s)	.pa3 .ppp

PabloPaint is a paint program for Atari. Images are raster.

Identification

PA3/PPP files begin with ASCII "PABLO PACKED PICTURE".

.PPP (st low resolution, app version 1.1)
.PA3 (st high resolution, app version 2.5)

43 bytes    file id ["PABLO PACKED PICTURE: Groupe CDND " 0x0D 0x0A] 
?           image data size in bytes stored in plain in ascii text   cr/lf
1 byte      resolution flag [0 = low, 2 = high]
1 byte      compression type [0 = uncompressed, 29 = compressed]
1 word      image data size in bytes (same value as above)
16 words    palette
?           image data

Uncompressed images are simply screen dumps as one might expect.

Software

• RECOIL
• Tom's Editor
• abydos

Sample files

• dexvert samples — image/pabloPaint
• http://whatis.rest7.com/how-to-open-pa3-file

Links

• Pablo Paint file format on the Atari Forum Wiki