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'''MacPaint''' is the native image format of the ''MacPaint'' paint program for Apple Macintosh.
 
'''MacPaint''' is the native image format of the ''MacPaint'' paint program for Apple Macintosh.
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Images are always bi-level, 576×720 pixels in size, and use [[PackBits]] compression.
 
Images are always bi-level, 576×720 pixels in size, and use [[PackBits]] compression.
  
== Format ==
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== Format details ==
 
Some MacPaint files begin with a 128-byte [[MacBinary]] header; others do not. The next 512 bytes have little or no significance to most applications (they contain a version number, and usually a set of brush patterns). The pixel data starts at offset 512, or 640 if there is a MacBinary header.
 
Some MacPaint files begin with a 128-byte [[MacBinary]] header; others do not. The next 512 bytes have little or no significance to most applications (they contain a version number, and usually a set of brush patterns). The pixel data starts at offset 512, or 640 if there is a MacBinary header.
  
== Identifiers ==
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== ScreenShots ==
* MacBinary type: <code>PNTG</code>
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[[Image:MacPaintv1.0-About.png|400px]]
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== See also ==
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* [[FMAC2COM]]
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* [[MacBinary]]
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* [[PackBits]]
  
 
== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
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== Software ==
 
== Software ==
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* [[Konvertor]]
 
* [[Netpbm]]: macptopbm. Use the <code>-extraskip 128</code> option if the file has a MacBinary header.
 
* [[Netpbm]]: macptopbm. Use the <code>-extraskip 128</code> option if the file has a MacBinary header.
 
* [[XnView]]
 
* [[XnView]]
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* [[Farbfeld Utilities]]
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* {{Deark}}
 
* [http://www.cloudpaint.com/client/index.php CloudPaint: online MacPaint simulator]
 
* [http://www.cloudpaint.com/client/index.php CloudPaint: online MacPaint simulator]
 
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/macpaint-and-quickdraw-source-code/ MacPaint and QuickDraw Source Code], at the Computer History Museum
 
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/macpaint-and-quickdraw-source-code/ MacPaint and QuickDraw Source Code], at the Computer History Museum
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* [[ImageMagick]]
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* [[Tom's Editor]] (supports MacPaint files with 512 and 640 offset)
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/carousel344/PIC/
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/carousel344/PIC/
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/GRAPHICS/OTHER/
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/GRAPHICS/OTHER/
* [http://www.dan.info/sampledata/CHRISTIE.MAC CHRISTIE.MAC]
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* [https://www.dan.info/sampledata/CHRISTIE.MAC CHRISTIE.MAC]
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* http://whatis.rest7.com/how-to-open-mac-file
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* {{DexvertSamples|image/macPaint}}
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Latest revision as of 04:09, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name MacPaint
Ontology
Extension(s) .mac, .pntg, .pic
PRONOM x-fmt/161
Type Code PNTG

MacPaint is the native image format of the MacPaint paint program for Apple Macintosh.

Images are always bi-level, 576×720 pixels in size, and use PackBits compression.

Contents

[edit] Format details

Some MacPaint files begin with a 128-byte MacBinary header; others do not. The next 512 bytes have little or no significance to most applications (they contain a version number, and usually a set of brush patterns). The pixel data starts at offset 512, or 640 if there is a MacBinary header.

[edit] ScreenShots

MacPaintv1.0-About.png

[edit] See also

[edit] Specifications

[edit] Software

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Links

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