MacPaint
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| − | 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. 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. |
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* MacBinary type: <code>PNTG</code> | * MacBinary type: <code>PNTG</code> | ||
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== Specifications == | == Specifications == | ||
* [http://www.idea2ic.com/File_Formats/macpaint.pdf Technical Note PT 24] | * [http://www.idea2ic.com/File_Formats/macpaint.pdf Technical Note PT 24] | ||
| + | * [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/pix_fmt.txt Picture format docs (of a number of formats including MAC)] | ||
== Software == | == Software == | ||
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* [[XnView]] | * [[XnView]] | ||
* [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 | ||
| − | == | + | == Sample files == |
| + | * http://www.fileformat.info/format/macpaint/sample/index.htm | ||
| + | * http://cd.textfiles.com/vgaspectrum/mac/ | ||
| + | * http://cd.textfiles.com/carousel344/PIC/ | ||
| + | * http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/GRAPHICS/OTHER/ | ||
| + | * [http://www.dan.info/sampledata/CHRISTIE.MAC CHRISTIE.MAC] | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
* {{EGFF|macpaint|Macintosh Paint}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]] | * {{EGFF|macpaint|Macintosh Paint}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]] | ||
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[[Category:Macintosh]] | [[Category:Macintosh]] | ||
Revision as of 03:08, 18 March 2014
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.
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Format
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
- MacBinary type:
PNTG
Specifications
Software
- Netpbm: macptopbm. Use the
-extraskip 128option if the file has a MacBinary header. - XnView
- CloudPaint: online MacPaint simulator
- MacPaint and QuickDraw Source Code, at the Computer History Museum
Sample files
- http://www.fileformat.info/format/macpaint/sample/index.htm
- http://cd.textfiles.com/vgaspectrum/mac/
- http://cd.textfiles.com/carousel344/PIC/
- http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/GRAPHICS/OTHER/
- CHRISTIE.MAC
