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Article #18745Re: Color MacPaint file format
From: Joel West
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1987 15:12
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1987 15:12
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In article <2862@crcge1.UUCP>, ranson@crcge1.UUCP (D. Ranson CNET) writes:
> Has anybody defined a file format for color bitmaps (for use in screen dumps
> or color MacPaint look-alikes)? There is a rumor of a new color MacPaint.
The color painting program that most people have seen is ATG Paint, from
Apple's Advanced Technology Group (yep, apple!lsr had a major hand in it).
It uses a radical new format: PICT.
Q: PICT? You mean like "Save as PICT" in MacDraw?
A: Yep, that's the one. However, the Color QuickDraw version is a newer
format than the original, includes RGB colors, etc.
Q: Are there likely to be any other standard formats?
A: Not any time soon, if ever.
Q: Are there other formats?
A: Yes. For example, PixelPaint has its own proprietary format.
Q: Will ATG Paint ever be commercial?
A: Not likely.
Q: What about a commercial color MacPaint?
A: Ask Claris, the Apple application spin-off.
> Or maybe HyperCard is the place
> to look at if it can paint in color (can it?).
Q: Does the current HyperCard support color?
A: No, and its current implementation would be too memory-intensive
to work with color bitmaps if it did.
--
Joel West (c/o UCSD)
Palomar Software, Inc., P.O. Box 2635, Vista, CA 92083
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!ames!sdcsvax!jww From: jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Color MacPaint file format Message-ID: <3789@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Date: Fri, 4-Sep-87 11:12:52 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.3789 Posted: Fri Sep 4 11:12:52 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Sep-87 17:52:04 EDT References: <2862@crcge1.UUCP> Organization: Palomar Software, Inc., Vista, CA Lines: 35