Scitex CT

File Format
Name	Scitex CT
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Scitex CT
Extension(s)	.sct, .ct, .ch
PRONOM	x-fmt/146
Released	~1986

Scitex CT, or Scitex Continuous Tone, is a raster image file format associated with Scitex workstations. It supports CMYK, RGB, and grayscale images.

Scitex CT is one of a family of formats known as Scitex Handshake. The others are LW (Linework), BM (Bitmap), PG (Page), and TX (Text).

Identification

The ASCII characters "CT" appear at offset 0x50.

Software

• ImageMagick (format named "SCT")
• XnView

Sample files

• test_rgb.ct

Links

• Scitex HandShake Formats (from archive.org)
• The Scitex CT File Format
• Wikipedia article