CFAST Disney Animation Studio

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{{FormatInfo
 
{{FormatInfo
 
|formattype=electronic
 
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|subcat=Graphics
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|subcat=Animation
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|subcat2=Amiga graphics formats
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|extensions={{ext|cft}}
 
|extensions={{ext|cft}}
 
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== Format Specification ==
 
== Format Specification ==
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There appears to be TWO different formats. One with .cft extension and one with .sec
  
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.cft format:
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
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Numbers are stored in big-endian format.
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4 bytes - signature 'GUCF', 'LOCK' or 'STDY'
 
4 bytes - signature 'GUCF', 'LOCK' or 'STDY'
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          'LOCK' means the file was meant to be saved as final/non editable.
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          'STDY' means the file is one of the Animation Studio Sample files (copyright Disney)
  
 
If the signature is 'LOCK' or 'STDY' then a copyright/description message follows
 
If the signature is 'LOCK' or 'STDY' then a copyright/description message follows
 
2 bytes string length
 
2 bytes string length
 
n bytes string
 
n bytes string
−
'LOCK' means the file was meant to be saved as final/non editable
 
  
 
Then follows the bitmap header
 
Then follows the bitmap header
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4 bytes - image height
 
4 bytes - image height
 
4 bytes - Amiga screen width (320=lores, 640=hires)
 
4 bytes - Amiga screen width (320=lores, 640=hires)
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4 bytes - Amiga screen height (200/400, 256/512)
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4 bytes - Amiga screen height (200=NTSC, 256=PAL, 400=NTSC interlaced, 512=PAL interlaced)
 
1 byte - number of bitplanes (1..5) (numColors = 2^bitplanes)
 
1 byte - number of bitplanes (1..5) (numColors = 2^bitplanes)
  
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4 bytes - numFrames
 
4 bytes - numFrames
  
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... (TODO)
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Frames are compressed individually (frames are NOT delta compressed from the previous frame)
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for every frame
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  for every bitplane
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      4 bytes - compressed size of bitplane
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      n bytes - compressed bitplane data (Run length encoding)
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  end of every bitplane
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  1 byte - numColors in frame
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  3*numColors bytes
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  1 byte - number of color cycling ranges
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  for every range
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1 byte - low color index (0..31)
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1 byte - high color index (0..31)
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6 bytes - unknown
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4 bytes - color cycle Rate
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        32 bytes - color cycle color indices ? Seems to always be numbered 0,1,2,3,4...31 (regardless of # bitplanes)
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          I don't know why these are needed, when we have low/high.
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  end of every range
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end of every frame
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At the end of the file, there may also be exposure sheet information ... (TODO)
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RLE compression:
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Bitplanes are compressed with run length encoding. Each column of words (two bytes) are compressed separately.
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2 bytes - code
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if code < 0 then the next word is replicated -code+1 times
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else code+1 words are copied literally
  
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
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* [http://cd.textfiles.com/silvercollection/disc2/GRAPHVEW/DASFLICK.ARJ DASFLICK.ARJ]
 
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/silvercollection/disc2/GRAPHVEW/DASFLICK.ARJ DASFLICK.ARJ]
 
** [https://www.pcorner.com/list/ANIM/DASFLICK.ZIP/INFO/ DASFLICK.ZIP] - Another copy
 
** [https://www.pcorner.com/list/ANIM/DASFLICK.ZIP/INFO/ DASFLICK.ZIP] - Another copy
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* {{DexvertSamples|video/disneyCFAST}}
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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[[Category:Video]]
 
[[Category:Video]]
 
[[Category:Amiga]]
 
[[Category:Amiga]]
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[[Category:Amiga graphics formats]]

Latest revision as of 22:25, 26 May 2024

File Format
Name CFAST Disney Animation Studio
Ontology
Extension(s) .cft

CFAST is an animated raster graphics format associated with the Disney Animation Studio application for Amiga computers.

Contents

[edit] Format Specification

There appears to be TWO different formats. One with .cft extension and one with .sec

.cft format: 

Numbers are stored in big-endian format.

4 bytes - signature 'GUCF', 'LOCK' or 'STDY'
          'LOCK' means the file was meant to be saved as final/non editable.
          'STDY' means the file is one of the Animation Studio Sample files (copyright Disney)

If the signature is 'LOCK' or 'STDY' then a copyright/description message follows
2 bytes string length
n bytes string

Then follows the bitmap header
4 bytes - image width
4 bytes - image height
4 bytes - Amiga screen width (320=lores, 640=hires)
4 bytes - Amiga screen height (200=NTSC, 256=PAL, 400=NTSC interlaced, 512=PAL interlaced)
1 byte - number of bitplanes (1..5) (numColors = 2^bitplanes)

Then follows palette information for the first two colors (if there are more colors, they are specified later in the file)
3 bytes - rgb for color index 0
3 bytes - rgb for color index 1

Then follows an extra block of data of varying length
1 byte - extralen
n bytes (unknown contents)

Then follows the number of frames
4 bytes - numFrames

Frames are compressed individually (frames are NOT delta compressed from the previous frame)
for every frame
   for every bitplane
      4 bytes - compressed size of bitplane
      n bytes - compressed bitplane data (Run length encoding)
   end of every bitplane

   1 byte - numColors in frame
   3*numColors bytes

   1 byte - number of color cycling ranges
   for every range
	1 byte - low color index (0..31)
	1 byte - high color index (0..31)
	6 bytes - unknown
	4 bytes - color cycle Rate
        32 bytes - color cycle color indices ? Seems to always be numbered 0,1,2,3,4...31 (regardless of # bitplanes)
	           I don't know why these are needed, when we have low/high.
   end of every range
end of every frame

At the end of the file, there may also be exposure sheet information ... (TODO)

RLE compression:

Bitplanes are compressed with run length encoding. Each column of words (two bytes) are compressed separately.

2 bytes - code
if code < 0 then the next word is replicated -code+1 times
else code+1 words are copied literally

[edit] Software

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Links

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