ART (AOL compressed image)

File Format
Name	ART (AOL compressed image)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics ART (AOL compressed image)
Extension(s)	.art
PRONOM	fmt/666

ART, also known as AOL compressed image or Johnson-Grace compressed file, is a lossy-compressed image file format used by America Online (AOL).

Identification

Files begin with ASCII characters "JG".

Sample files

• http://samples.libav.org/image-samples/ART/
• dexvert samples — image/aolART

Software

• Graphics Workshop Professional w/ Plugin
• Older Acdsee Software compatibility

Resources

• Wikipedia article
• ART Compression, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats