MIX (Picture It!)

File Format
Name	MIX (Picture It!)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics MIX (Picture It!)
Extension(s)	.mix
MIME Type(s)	image/vnd.mix
PRONOM	fmt/936
Released	1996

MIX is the native image format of Microsoft's Picture It! photo editing software.

It is based on Microsoft Compound File format. It is related to PhotoDraw's MIX format, but is not identical to it. It is also a variation of the FlashPix format. Software was rebranded as Microsoft Digital Image in 2003 and had switched to using PNG Plus as the native format.

Format Information

Four versions of MIX formats exist.
They can be distinguished by the header inside the CompObj file within the OLE container.

Version 1 samples:
Picture It! Picture'{56616800-C154-11CE-8553-00AA00A1F95B}
Microsoft Picture It! Picture'{56616800-C154-11CE-8553-00AA00A1F95B}
Microsoft Picture It! version 1 Picture'{56616800-C154-11CE-8553-00AA00A1F95B}
Picture It! Collage'{56616800-C154-11CE-8553-00AA00A1F95B}

Version 2 samples:
Microsoft Picture It! version 2 Picture'{2D722850-8C4B-11D0-A96F-00A0C905410D}

Version 3 samples:
Microsoft Picture It! version 3 Picture'{18B8D020-B4FD-11D0-A97E-00A0C905410D}

Version 4 samples:
Microsoft Picture It! version 4 Picture'{18B8D020-B4FD-11D0-A97E-00A0C905410D}

Software

• Konvertor (thumbnail only)
• XnView can display the thumbnail image inside a .mix file
• Microsoft Digital Image Starter 2006

Sample files

• Random MIX files found on the web: [1], [2]

• Sample MIX files
• dexvert samples — image/pictureIt

Links

• Wikipedia: Microsoft Picture It!