Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!iuvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!symcom!cameron From: cameron@symcom.math.uiuc.EDU Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: MacPaint format Message-ID: <18000003@symcom> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 20:32:00 EST Article-I.D.: symcom.18000003 Posted: Wed Dec 2 20:32:00 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 23:43:50 EST Lines: 25 Nf-ID: #N:symcom:18000003:000:1215 Nf-From: symcom.math.uiuc.EDU!cameron Dec 2 19:32:00 1987 While we're on the subject of file formats used by this or that computer, program, or printer, could someone please tell me what the format of a MacPaint document is? I have obtained some MacPaintings from a friend who has a Mac and a modem. I have a program obtained from a PC-oriented BBS which will read these files and display them on my (CGA-compatible) screen, but the aspect ratio is wrong, and anyway, I want to be able to manipulate the images (crop, rotate, scale, &c.), not just look at them. When I view the file as straight text I see some recognizable character strings which I assume are things like file name, creator ID, and such. I want to be able to extract the bitmap and throw the Finder-oriented stuff away. Thanks in advance. Email is OK, or post here if you think it's of general interest -- I'm a regular reader of this newsgroup (notwithstanding the fact that a lot of it is Greek to me). -------- Cameron Smith Symbolic Computation Lab "You knew the job was dangerous Math Dept. when you took it, Fred!" University of Illinois -- SuperChicken Urbana IL 61801 (217) 333-4654 cameron@symcom.math.uiuc.edu