Windows Animated Cursor

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'''[[Windows Animated Cursor]] Format''' ('''ANI''') is an animated image format, mostly used for cursors (mouse pointer graphics) on Microsoft Windows.
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[[Windows Animated Cursor]] Format ('''ANI''') is an animated image format, mostly used for cursors (mouse pointer graphics) on Microsoft Windows.
  
 
== Format ==
 
== Format ==
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== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
 
Files begin with <code>'R' 'I' 'F' 'F' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'A' 'C' 'O' 'N'</code>.
 
Files begin with <code>'R' 'I' 'F' 'F' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'A' 'C' 'O' 'N'</code>.
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== Software ==
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* {{Deark}}
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* [[XnView]]
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* [https://inkscape.org/ Inkscape]
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* [http://www.irfanview.com/ IrfanView]
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
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* http://www.anicursor.com/diercur.html
 
* http://www.anicursor.com/diercur.html
 
* http://www.angelfire.com/my/plinth/cursors.html
 
* http://www.angelfire.com/my/plinth/cursors.html
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* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/ani/
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://oreilly.com/www/centers/gff/formats/micriff/ GFF Format Summary: Microsoft RIFF]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130530192915/http://oreilly.com/www/centers/gff/formats/micriff GFF Format Summary: Microsoft RIFF] (from archive.org)
 
* [[Wikipedia:ANI %28file format%29|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:ANI %28file format%29|Wikipedia article]]
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== References ==
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<references/>
  
 
[[Category:RIFF based file formats]]
 
[[Category:RIFF based file formats]]
 
[[Category:Microsoft]]
 
[[Category:Microsoft]]
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[[Category:Windows]]
 
[[Category:Video]]
 
[[Category:Video]]

Revision as of 20:45, 26 July 2020

File Format
Name Windows Animated Cursor
Ontology
Extension(s) .ani
MIME Type(s) application/x-navi-animation[1]
PRONOM fmt/386

Windows Animated Cursor Format (ANI) is an animated image format, mostly used for cursors (mouse pointer graphics) on Microsoft Windows.

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Format

ANI files use the RIFF container format. Individual frames can be encoded in ICO format, CUR format, or a "raw pixel data" format that does not seem to be fully documented.

Identification

Files begin with 'R' 'I' 'F' 'F' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'A' 'C' 'O' 'N'.

Software

Sample files

Links

References

  1. https://reposcope.com/mimetype/application/x-navi-animation
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