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by camposquinn
2018-12-20T11:48:15-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert - PICT to TIFF results in 000000 bytes
Replies: 10
Views: 10590

Re: convert - PICT to TIFF results in 000000 bytes

Thank you Fred!
by camposquinn
2018-12-19T15:17:19-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert - PICT to TIFF results in 000000 bytes
Replies: 10
Views: 10590

Re: convert - PICT to TIFF results in 000000 bytes

Woah! Deark is sooooo cool! All those incredible file formats! So, following some recommendations on the file formats wiki linked above, and following your deark example I did: $ deark /path/Painleve_Acera-or-the-Witches-Dance_053 Module: pict Format: PICT v2 Writing output.000.qtif $ deark /path/ou...
by camposquinn
2018-12-19T14:50:52-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert - PICT to TIFF results in 000000 bytes
Replies: 10
Views: 10590

Re: convert - PICT to TIFF results in 000000 bytes

Thanks Jason! I also got some weird color shifts when converting to TIFF. I also tried GraphicsMagick convert and got the same result, but inverted (R->G->B). Interesting, but not what I was after.

I will check out your utility!
by camposquinn
2018-12-19T11:58:58-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert - PICT to TIFF results in 000000 bytes
Replies: 10
Views: 10590

Re: convert - PICT to TIFF results in 000000 bytes

Whew. OK, thanks for taking the time to dive in to this! Yes, Mac preview can view the files but we're interested in converting them to a better format for preservation, and this has been a wild ride. All of what you said makes sense, and there are some additional elements I read about, plus some co...
by camposquinn
2018-12-18T18:13:23-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert - PICT to TIFF results in 000000 bytes
Replies: 10
Views: 10590

Re: convert - PICT to TIFF results in 000000 bytes

Thanks! Here is a sample image: https://bit.ly/2EDWI2l IM version: Version: ImageMagick 7.0.8-16 Q16 x86_64 OS: Mac OSX 10.11.6 I was asking around and someone else said they thought it could be Kodak PhotoCD format rather than PICT, though every tool says PICT. I see in `exiftool -v` and also in th...
by camposquinn
2018-12-18T13:39:24-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert - PICT to TIFF results in 000000 bytes
Replies: 10
Views: 10590

convert - PICT to TIFF results in 000000 bytes

:-? Hi, I'm having some trouble converting PICT images (created circa 1997) into TIFF or really any other format. Running magick convert input.pict output.tif results in a black file that I can see in a hex editor is a valid TIFF file (Intel magic number) with several MB of 00000000 bytes. Again in ...