OT:Graphic wizards help: What file format is this?

Ruatha · #1 May 12th, 2003, 09:35 PM

Hi all.
I got an assignment from a friend.
He has some picture files he made a long ago on a 486. He belives he used a program by Lotus called Picture Maker.
I've searched on the net and I think he mean that he made them with Lotus 1-2-3.
The files have the extension PIC.
The files that have the PIC extension is:
Lotus picture, Macintosh PICT drawing, Softimage Picture File, Micrografx Draw, Pictor PC Paint.

I tried opening it with Apples Quicktime picture viewer, that should be able to open the Macintosh PICt files, don't work.
With Slowview that can view Pictor paint and softimage files, nope.
With S-PicView 2.07, should be able to open Lotus PIC files, nope.

What is this?
I got several files to try, and the result is the same, there doesn't seem to be any error on the disk I got.
I uploaded two files in a zip file.
Can anyone who knows more about graphics than me tell me how to view or convert this pictures?

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1052767251.zip

Signed: Desperate

[ May 12, 2003, 20:37: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

henk brouwer · #2 May 12th, 2003, 10:37 PM

Hmmn weird... I couldn't open the file in Paint Shop Pro 7 or The Gimp either. Both should be able to handle Pic format. psp7 should be able to handle pictor and pc-paint pic files. I'm not sure about the Gimp. That leaves micrographx and macintosh files..

weird...

[ May 12, 2003, 21:46: Message edited by: henk brouwer ]

General Woundwort · #3 May 12th, 2003, 10:43 PM

FWIW...

http://filext.com/detaillist.php?ext...&Submit2=Go%21

Fyron · #4 May 13th, 2003, 12:28 AM

Try opening then with www.irfanview.com . That program handles nearly every image format, and it might work here.

Gryphin · #5 May 13th, 2003, 02:39 AM

If you can't open them it is possible a file that old is corrupted.

I just tried Irfanview 3.80 (2002)
It it did not work.

[ May 13, 2003, 01:42: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

Krsqk · #6 May 13th, 2003, 03:16 AM

It's not 123. I have Lotus Office Suite, and it doesn't know what to do with them.

Ruatha · #7 May 13th, 2003, 06:25 AM

Thanx for the suggestions.
I'm thinking of giving up...

Taz-in-Space · #8 May 13th, 2003, 06:33 AM

Did a search on the web for the file extension .pic :

http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=PIC

Hope this helps.

P.S. check out the XnView program link - free converter program on site reads 400 formats.

[ May 13, 2003, 05:43: Message edited by: Taz-in-Space ]

Desdinova · #9 May 13th, 2003, 07:46 AM

once i unzipped them i was able to open the pictures with acdsee. it says they are bitmaps. 24 bit true color.

[ May 13, 2003, 06:49: Message edited by: DESDINOVA ]

Ruatha · #10 May 13th, 2003, 08:02 AM

Strange.
My AcDSee says it can't open it as it don't recognize the file format.
What Version are you using?

I managed to get it to open it, then it says it's a pict Bi-Cubic file but it doesn't show anything.

[ May 13, 2003, 07:05: Message edited by: Ruatha ]