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From: jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Color MacPaint file format
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Date: Fri, 4-Sep-87 11:12:52 EDT
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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.
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	Joel West  (c/o UCSD)
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