Tiny Stuff
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
Tiny Stuff format (or Tiny format) is an RLE-compressed image format used on Atari ST computers. It is associated with a conversion utility (Tiny Stuff) and viewer (Tiny View) by David Mumper.
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Format
The first byte of the file is a code indicating the image type. Palette color animation is optionally supported.
| Code | Dimensions | Colors | Animated | Filename extensions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 320×200 | 16 | No | .TNY, .TN1 |
| 1 | 640×200 | 4 | No | .TNY, .TN2 |
| 2 | 640×400 | 2 | No | .TNY, .TN3 |
| 3 | 320×200 | 16 | Yes | .TNY, .TN1, unofficially .TN4 |
| 4 | 640×200 | 4 | Yes | .TNY, .TN2, maybe .TN5 |
| 5 | 640×400 | 2 | Yes | .TNY, .TN3, maybe .TN6 |
Files consist of a 37-byte (if not animated) or 41-byte (if animated) header, followed by a "control" segment and a "data" segment which together form the compressed image data.
Specifications
- TINYST.DOC
- Atari ST Graphics Formats File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
- AtariForumWiki: Tiny file format
Software
Sample files
- http://cd.textfiles.com/atarilibrary/atari_cd01/PICS/ ...
- http://samples.libav.org/image-samples/atarist/tinystuff/
- ST Library → ST35 (TNY, TN1), CLIP3 (TNY, TN3), ...
- http://cd.textfiles.com/806atari/701-800/738/ (TN4)
- dexvert samples — image/tinyStuff
