MacPaint

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== Format ==
 
== Format ==
Some MacPaint files begin with a 128-byte [[MacBinary]] header; others do not. The next 512 bytes have little or no significance to most applications. The pixel data starts at offset 512, or 640 if there is a MacBinary header.
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Some MacPaint files begin with a 128-byte [[MacBinary]] header; others do not. The next 512 bytes have little or no significance to most applications (they contain a version number, and usually a set of brush patterns). The pixel data starts at offset 512, or 640 if there is a MacBinary header.
  
 
== Identifiers ==
 
== Identifiers ==
 
* MacBinary type: <code>PNTG</code>
 
* MacBinary type: <code>PNTG</code>
 
== Sample files ==
 
* http://www.fileformat.info/format/macpaint/sample/index.htm
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/vgaspectrum/mac/
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/carousel344/PIC/
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/GRAPHICS/OTHER/
 
* [http://www.dan.info/sampledata/CHRISTIE.MAC CHRISTIE.MAC]
 
  
 
== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
 
* [http://www.idea2ic.com/File_Formats/macpaint.pdf Technical Note PT 24]
 
* [http://www.idea2ic.com/File_Formats/macpaint.pdf Technical Note PT 24]
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* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/pix_fmt.txt Picture format docs (of a number of formats including MAC)]
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
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* [[XnView]]
 
* [[XnView]]
 
* [http://www.cloudpaint.com/client/index.php CloudPaint: online MacPaint simulator]
 
* [http://www.cloudpaint.com/client/index.php CloudPaint: online MacPaint simulator]
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* [http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/macpaint-and-quickdraw-source-code/ MacPaint and QuickDraw Source Code], at the Computer History Museum
  
== Resources ==
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== Sample files ==
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* http://www.fileformat.info/format/macpaint/sample/index.htm
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/vgaspectrum/mac/
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/carousel344/PIC/
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/GRAPHICS/OTHER/
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* [http://www.dan.info/sampledata/CHRISTIE.MAC CHRISTIE.MAC]
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== Links ==
 
* {{EGFF|macpaint|Macintosh Paint}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
 
* {{EGFF|macpaint|Macintosh Paint}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/pix_fmt.txt Picture format docs (of a number of formats including MAC)]
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* [[Wikipedia:MacPaint|Wikipedia: MacPaint]]
  
 
[[Category:Macintosh]]
 
[[Category:Macintosh]]

Revision as of 03:08, 18 March 2014

File Format
Name MacPaint
Ontology
Extension(s) .mac, .pntg, .pic
PRONOM x-fmt/161

MacPaint is the native image format of the MacPaint paint program for Apple Macintosh.

Images are always bi-level, 576×720 pixels in size, and use PackBits compression.

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Format

Some MacPaint files begin with a 128-byte MacBinary header; others do not. The next 512 bytes have little or no significance to most applications (they contain a version number, and usually a set of brush patterns). The pixel data starts at offset 512, or 640 if there is a MacBinary header.

Identifiers

  • MacBinary type: PNTG

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