View source for Kai's Power Tools

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Kai Krause<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Krause</ref> started Kai's Power Tools (KPT) in 1992 under the HSC Software Corp. name. He later merged MetaTools with Fractal Design to create MetaCreations<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaCreations></ref> in 1997, which carried the Kai's Power Tools<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai%27s_Power_Tools</ref> name until bought by Corel in 2000<ref>https://www.zdnet.com/article/corel-buys-up-metacreations-apps/</ref>. KPT was a very popular plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, other software marketed by MetaCreations was [[Painter_RIFF|Painter]], Bryce3D, Kai's Vector Effects, Kai's Power Goo, Kai's Soap, 	
Kai's Power SHOW, Poser, [[Ray_Dream|Ray Dream]], Infini-D, Carrara, and others. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19990824234524/http://www.metacreations.com/products/</ref><ref>https://www.mprove.de/script/99/kai/</ref>

==File Information==
Many of the MetaCreations file formats used a common format specification. CCmF or a Resource Composite File.

Many of the formats begin with the ascii:
<code>CCmF - Universal - Axiom - AGP - Composite File Management System (Universal) - Created by Andrea Pessino, December 1995 (vers. 5) - Copyright(c) 1995-96 by MetaTools, Inc. - Proudly made in the USA, land of the free, home of the brave.</code>

Other's like Bryce3D would have near the header: <code>CCmFile::kIdentify4</code>

Andrea Pessino commented on the format: https://twitter.com/AndreaPessino/status/1216225936724520960

==Software 7 Samples==
* [https://www.paintshoppro.com/en/support/free-downloads.html Final version of KPT for Corel Painter]]
* [https://archive.org/download/POWERGOO/POWERGOO.iso/GOOVIES%2FALIEN.GOO Power Goo Sample]
* [https://archive.org/download/bryce4content/Bryce4_Content.iso/Artists%2FBill%20Munns%2FBryce%20Scene%2FPAGODAMA.BR4 Bryce BR4 Sample]

== References ==
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