Animator PIC/CEL

File Format
Name	Animator PIC/CEL
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Animator PIC/CEL
Extension(s)	.pic, .cel
Released	1989

Animator PIC/CEL refers to a raster graphics format associated with the original Autodesk Animator animation software for DOS. The same file format is used for both .PIC and .CEL files.

Note that the successor to Animator, Animator Pro, also used .PIC and .CEL files, but the formats are different. PIC files use Animator Pro PIC format, and CEL files use FLC format. It seems there are also versions of Animator [Pro] that use GIF as their "PIC" format.

Identification

Files start with bytes 0x19 0x91.

See also

• Animator Pro PIC - Successor
• FLIC - The main format used by Animator

Specifications

• Animator Pro File Formats, "PIC - Picture Files" and "Original Animator PIC Files" sections
• Information from FileFormat.Info and Corion.net

Software

• [1] → AnimatorAKA.zip - Animator A.K.A. v1.02 (DOS software) - At least uses this format for .CEL files.
• Open source Animator Pro A.K.A. - Seems to support the format in some way; see "pic_header" in src/V/fli.h.
• Raster Master v3.6 - A sprite editor for DOS that can read and write small images in this format (as "CEL"). (Must read RM.DOC to learn how.)

Links

• Wikipedia: Autodesk Animator