Mathematica Import/Export Format

PICT (.pict, .pct, .pic)

MIME type: image/pict
Macintosh graphics format.
Was the original metafile format of the Apple Macintosh.
PICT is an acronym derived from Picture.
Can store raster images and vector graphics.
Binary format.
Developed in 1984 by Apple.

PICT Export is available in Mathematica versions for Mac OS X.

Export fully supports the PICT format for raster images.

EXPORT

Export["file.pct", expr] exports graphics or any other expression as an image to a PICT file.

Export["file.pct", expr] creates a PICT image with the same image size as the displayed form of .

Because PICT is a raster image format, all fonts are rasterized on export.

Export["file.pct", expr, elem] creates a PICT file by treating expr as specifying element elem.

Export["file.pct", {expr₁, expr₂, ...}, {{elem₁, elem₂, ...}}] treats each expr_i as specifying the corresponding elem_i.

Export["file.pct", expr, opt₁->val₁, ...] exports expr with the specified option elements taken to have the specified values.

Export["file.pct", {elem₁->expr₁, elem₂->expr₂, ...}, "Rules"] uses rules to specify the elements to be exported.

See the reference pages for full general information on Export.

ExportString supports the PICT format.

ELEMENTS

Data representation elements:

	"Data"	array of color values
	"Graphics"	Graphics object representing an image
	"Image"	raster image, represented as an Image object
	"GrayLevels"	array of normalized gray-level values