PICT

File Format
Name	PICT
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics PICT
Extension(s)	.pict, .pct, .pic
MIME Type(s)	image/x-pict, image/pict
PRONOM	fmt/341, x-fmt/80

PICT, or QuickDraw/PICT, is a graphics file format used on Macintosh computers. It is associated with the QuickDraw API.

Although many PICT files contain only raster graphics, it is technically a vector/metafile format.

Among other places, PICT is used for graphics stored within Keynote documents.

Software

• Netpbm
• ImageMagick

Sample files

• http://www.fileformat.info/format/macpict/sample/index.htm
• http://cd.textfiles.com/fantaziasampler/CLIPART/PCT/

Resources

• Macintosh PICT File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
• Wikipedia article