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|extensions={{ext|pict}}, {{ext|pct}}, {{ext|pic}}
 
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|pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/341}}, {{PRONOM|x-fmt/80}}
 
|pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/341}}, {{PRONOM|x-fmt/80}}
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'''PICT''', or '''QuickDraw/PICT''', is a graphics file format used on Macintosh computers. It is associated with the QuickDraw API.
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'''PICT''', or '''QuickDraw/PICT''', is a complex graphics file format used on Macintosh computers. It is associated with the QuickDraw API.
  
Although many PICT files contain only raster graphics, it is technically a vector/metafile format.
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Though it is a vector format, it is often used as if it were a raster format. Many files contain just a single bitmap image.
  
 
Among other places, PICT is used for graphics stored within [[Keynote]] documents.
 
Among other places, PICT is used for graphics stored within [[Keynote]] documents.
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== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
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* [https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/mac/pdf/ImagingWithQuickDraw.pdf Inside Macintosh: Imaging With QuickDraw]
 
* [http://show.docjava.com/posterous/file/2012/07/9614410-DOC01.PDF PICT File Format Notes]
 
* [http://show.docjava.com/posterous/file/2012/07/9614410-DOC01.PDF PICT File Format Notes]
* [https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/mac/pdf/ImagingWithQuickDraw.pdf Inside Macintosh: Imaging With QuickDraw] - Has definitions of some data structures
 
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
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== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
 
* http://www.fileformat.info/format/macpict/sample/index.htm
 
* http://www.fileformat.info/format/macpict/sample/index.htm
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/cdreview/cdreview66/PCT01_01/PC0101P/
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/fantaziasampler/CLIPART/PCT/
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/fantaziasampler/CLIPART/PCT/
  

Revision as of 00:36, 16 October 2015

File Format
Name PICT
Ontology
Extension(s) .pict, .pct, .pic
MIME Type(s) image/x-pict, image/pict
PRONOM fmt/341, x-fmt/80
Released 1984

PICT, or QuickDraw/PICT, is a complex graphics file format used on Macintosh computers. It is associated with the QuickDraw API.

Though it is a vector format, it is often used as if it were a raster format. Many files contain just a single bitmap image.

Among other places, PICT is used for graphics stored within Keynote documents.

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Version 1 PICT files have (hex) bytes 11 01 at offset 522.

Version 2 PICT files have bytes 00 11 02 ff 0c 00 at file offset 522.

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