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Format

Macintosh PICT Image

Summary

Name
Macintosh PICT Image
Version
2.0
Identifiers
  • Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.apple.pict
  • PUID: fmt/341
  • MIME: image/x-pict
Format type
Image (Raster)
Description
A graphics format native to Macintosh computers encapsulating the functionality of QuickDraw 2 which supports monochrome and 8 bit color bitmaps.
Note
http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/PICT
File extensions
pct, pict, pic
Source
Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech Research Institute
Developed by
Apple Computer, Inc.
Supported by
Apple Computer, Inc.

Relationships

Is subsequent version of

Internal signatures

Macintosh PICT Image 2.0 (colour images)

Note
512 byte header, 2-byte picture size, 8 bytes picture frame (rectangle), version operator (0011h); version number (02FFh); Version operator (0C00h). The PICT format can be written by a number of applications; as a result the 512 byte header either includes information about the particular software which created the file, or is all zeros. The version operator and version number information is constant across objects of this format.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
522
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
001102FF0C00
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V118

    Release date
    30 April 2024

    Macintosh PICT Image 2.0: Description created as part of PRONOM Research Week 2023. Submitted by Brigham Young University.

  • Updated in V69

    Release date
    19 July 2013

    Macintosh PICT Image 2.0: Added vendor information.

  • Added in V51

    Release date
    15 July 2011

    Macintosh PICT Image 2.0: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.

    Macintosh PICT Image 2.0: Outline entry added. Submission from Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.