UHIC

File Format
Name	UHIC
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics UHIC
Extension(s)	.uhi
Released	1998

UHIC is a special-purpose file compression utility for DOS. It compresses only certain types of BMP, TGA, and Sun Raster graphics files. It was developed by Uwe Herklotz.

Format details

(Based on educated guesswork.)

The first three bytes are the ASCII signature "UHI".

The fourth byte is a version number: 0x10 for v1.0, or 0x20 for v2.0.

The fifth byte is a code for the original file format, and compression level:

0 = Windows BMPv3
1 = Windows BMPv3, max compression
2 = Windows BMPv2
3 = Windows BMPv2, max compression
4 = Sun Raster
5 = Sun Raster, max compression
6 = TGA
7 = TGA, max compression

See also

• UHARC and UHARC#See also - Other software by the same author

Software

• UHIC 1.0 (beta): [1], [2]
• UHIC 2.0 (beta)