ART (PFS: First Publisher)
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== Software == | == Software == | ||
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| + | * [https://winworldpc.com/product/clickart-personal-publisher/1x ClickArt Personal Publisher (at WinWorld)] | ||
| + | * [https://winworldpc.com/product/first-publisher/30 PFS First Publisher (at WinWorld)] | ||
| + | * [https://winworldpc.com/product/easy-working-desktop-publisher/10 Easy Working Desktop Publisher (at WinWorld)] | ||
| + | * Snapshot/Snap2Art - A screen capture utility usually included with the software (write-only) | ||
| − | + | Other software (Most third-party software likely only supports the standard resolution format.) | |
* [[ImageMagick]] | * [[ImageMagick]] | ||
| + | * [[Image Alchemy]] | ||
| + | * ART2WP - A conversion utility for DOS, by William J. Hinkle | ||
| + | ** v2.1: {{CdTextfiles|californiacollect/his029/art2wp21.zip|art2wp21.zip}} | ||
| + | ** v2.2, Spinnaker licensed: [{{DiscMasterURL|browse/33975/PCPRO_1295.ISO/pfs/utils.lib}}] | ||
| + | * {{CdTextfiles|psl/pslv2nv11/WORDS/DOS/GR_TOOLS/ARTCON.ZIP|ARTCON v1.4}} - A conversion utility for DOS, by Robert Onda | ||
* [[Tom's Viewer]] | * [[Tom's Viewer]] | ||
* [http://snisurset.net/code/abydos/ abydos] | * [http://snisurset.net/code/abydos/ abydos] | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia: Software Publishing Corporation]] | * [[Wikipedia: Software Publishing Corporation]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Software Publishing Corporation]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Spinnaker]] | ||
Revision as of 16:50, 29 December 2025
- See ART for other formats with that name.
ART is a bi-level raster image format used for clip art. It is most notably associated with the DOS versions of PFS:First Publisher, a desktop publishing application by Software Publishing Corporation (SPC).
There is a well-known "standard resolution" ART format, and a rarer "high resolution" format used by most of the ART files included with PFS:First Publisher v3.0.
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Discussion
The earliest confirmed use of ART format is by ClickArt Personal Publisher, by T/Maker Company. ClickArt Personal Publisher is the predecessor of PFS:First Publisher.
SPC sold its "PFS" family of software to Spinnaker. One of the successors to PFS:First Publisher is Spinnaker's Easy Working Desktop Publisher, a DOS application that uses ART format.
Spinnaker also developed Windows versions of PFS:First Publisher and PFS:Publisher, but they probably don't use ART as a native format. PFS:Publisher includes a licensed version of ART2WP, to convert from ART to other formats.
Format details
[Information here was derived from various unofficial sources. It was written for the fileformats.archiveteam.org wiki.]
Standard resolution format
| Offset | Length | Field name | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | left_edge | Almost always 0. An exception is the FLOWER.ART file included with the software. |
| 2 | 2 | right_edge | Width = right_edge minus left_edge. |
| 4 | 2 | top_edge | Almost always 0. |
| 6 | 2 | bottom_edge | Height = bottom_edge minus top_edge. |
| 8 | image_data | Uncompressed, with rows padded to the next 2-byte boundary. |
High resolution format
| Offset | Length | Field name | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | marker | Always 0xffff. |
| 2 | 2 | X-DPI, usually 300. | |
| 4 | 2 | Y-DPI, usually 300. | |
| 6 | 2 | width | |
| 8 | 2 | height | |
| 10 | 2 | Unknown. Observed to be 0x0001. | |
| 12 | image_data | Each row is compressed independently with PackBits. |
After decompression, each row ends with 0, 1, or 2 padding bytes. The number differs by file, with no obvious logic to it; but decoders must figure out the bytes per row somehow. One idea is to decompress the pixels to see how many bytes you get, then divide that by the height.
Software
Official software:
- ClickArt Personal Publisher (at WinWorld)
- PFS First Publisher (at WinWorld)
- Easy Working Desktop Publisher (at WinWorld)
- Snapshot/Snap2Art - A screen capture utility usually included with the software (write-only)
Other software (Most third-party software likely only supports the standard resolution format.)
- ImageMagick
- Image Alchemy
- ART2WP - A conversion utility for DOS, by William J. Hinkle
- v2.1: art2wp21.zip
- v2.2, Spinnaker licensed: [1]
- ARTCON v1.4 - A conversion utility for DOS, by Robert Onda
- Tom's Viewer
- abydos
- Deark
Sample files
- http://cd.textfiles.com/fantaziasampler/CLIPART/ART/
- http://cd.textfiles.com/swinnund/disk3/CLIPART/ → 1STPUB3.EXE, ARTFILE?.EXE, ART_FPUB.EXE (Self-extracting ZIP format)
- dexvert samples — image/pfsFirstPublisher
