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At 08:42 AM 10/3/2007, Norberto Meijome wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>I have a load of .pict files which I can't seem to be able to open with 
>anything under FBSD. I just want to convert them into something more 
>useful (jpg / tiff / svg).
>
>ImageMagick doesn't understand it, so i think this is the Packbits 
>compressed .PICT filetype. neither Gimp or XV like them either.
>
>file doesn't identify the files either.
>
>Alternatively, any tool I can script under OSX to conver them to something 
>useful? (FYI, 'Preview' under Tiger doens't recognise them either, but I 
>can drag them just fine into an Omnigraffle Pro diagram).
>
>One of these files is at http://www.meijome.net/files/freebsd/image64.pict
>
>thanks,
>Beto

Have you tried xnview?  http://www.xnview.com/

It supports most formats and will convert in bulk.

         -Derek

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