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In article <1992Apr15.202715.8248@news.nd.edu> (comp.sys.mac.apps), Mike.W.Miller.40@nd.edu (Mike!) writes:
> 
> Does anyone know of a good editor for PICS files?  What I'd like to see
> is something that can:
> 
> 1. Open multiple PICS files at once.
> 
> 2. Offer cut, copy, and paste of individual frame within and between
>    PICS files.  (Drag and drop would be fantastic!)
> 
> 3. Offer very basic tools for touchups (eraser, pencil, color picker,
>    paint bucket, eye dropper) or even some advanced tools (smudge,
>    magic wand selection tool).
> 
> 4. The ability to concatenate/combine multiple files, with an option to 
>    remove or leave duplicate frames numbers.
> 
> That's the essence of it.  I know I can do some of that with ResEdit, but
> I'd like to find something with a real interface and a little bit more
> power (like the touchup tools).  In this day of multimedia, I would
> think there must be *something* out there that will do this...

PICS is a dying format.  QuickTime does animation much better than
PICS.  

There *are* a number of excellent editors for QuickTime movies including
Premier from Adobe.

There are also utilities that will convert a PICS file into a QuickTime
movie.

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