Pegasus PIC
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Revision as of 15:06, 5 January 2023
Pegasus PIC is a raster graphics format associated with some products from Pegasus Imaging Corporation. It may also be known as Pegasus JPEG, or PIC JPEG. It was also rebranded in some form as Konica Quality Photo (KQP).
PIC format is an incompatible extension of BMP.
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Discussion
Though the PICView software give the impression that they are different formats, it's not clear that there is any distinction between PIC and KQP. If there is a difference, it could be that KQP is a restricted profile of PIC, or that KQP files are the ones that lack a JPEG "DHT" segment.
Format details
A PIC file contains embedded JPEG data, but it lacks the critical DQT segment(s), and may lack DHT segment(s), so it can't just be extracted as a standard JPEG file.
Identification
Known PIC/KQP files:
- Start with ASCII "
BM". - Have
44 00 00 00at offset 14, indicating a BMP "INFOHEADER" size of 68. - Have
4a 50 45 47("JPEG") at offset 30.
Software
- XnView (as "Konica Camera File")
- PICView v3.21 (Windows 3.x software): Especial Internet: Lo Mejor Del Shareware → WIN/GRAPHICS/PICVIEW.ZIP
Sample files
- picsaver.zip → *.PIC
- Especial Internet: Lo Mejor Del Shareware → WIN/GRAPHICS/PICVIEW.ZIP -> PICS/*.PIC (must be installed, or extracted from PICVIEW.Z) (or at DiscMaster)
- Net Power 3 97 → NetPower_3-97.mdf → nettools/graphics/jpg/picsaver/*.pic (or at DiscMaster)
See also KQP#Sample files.
