Help!! need to view Apple "QuickTake PICT" format files fr..

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I was able to salvage old school pictures I took with an Apple Take
QuickTake 100 we had in mid 90s but I can't find a way to open it in
Windows XP.

The Mac system I got the files off of can see the file, but when I try
to save as another format in QuickTake software, the system crashes and
it won't let me get anywhere. Since I don't have the software anymore,
I can't reinstall it.

Any idea how I can convert these pics to JPG or TIFF without having to
relocate the QuickTime software and having to work on Macintrash again?

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In article <1103606830.151423.305520@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
<dude17@sacbeemail.com> wrote:

> I was able to salvage old school pictures I took with an Apple Take
> QuickTake 100 we had in mid 90s but I can't find a way to open it in
> Windows XP.
>
> The Mac system I got the files off of can see the file, but when I try
> to save as another format in QuickTake software, the system crashes and
> it won't let me get anywhere. Since I don't have the software anymore,
> I can't reinstall it.
>
> Any idea how I can convert these pics to JPG or TIFF without having to
> relocate the QuickTime software and having to work on Macintrash again?

GraphicConverter on the Mac side should let you save them in other
formats, then when you move them over to the PC it should be able to
read them. On the PC side, you might try something like LView.

I've got a QuickTake 150 that still works. Not bad for that ancient
technology. Hang on to that model 100...that was the first digital
camera available to the general public.

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The regular "PICT" is a non-proprietary format that is accessible under
windows, but "Quicktake PICT" is different. It requires "quicktake"
plug in even to be usable under Mac OS 8. Of course the plug -in is
unavailable for Windows.

I had photoshop installed on my ancient Macintrash(its not translucent
oh oh, so old) and salvaged about 100MB worth of quicktake photos one
by one. Talk about TIME CONSUMING

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RSD99 wrote:
> I don't know if this is any help ... but IrfanView will open QTIF files.
> Their web page on
> File Formats says it requires a plug-in and Quicktime ... so that QTIF just
> *might* be an acronym for QuickTake Image File" ... or something like that.
>
> Their documentation says
> "... this PlugIn allows IrfanView to play Apple Quicktime formats: MOV,
> MacPICT, QTIF and FLI/FLC.
> ..."
> http://www.irfanview.com/
>
> [Don't forget to download the plug-ins ... formats.zip IIRC ...]
>
>
>
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> <dude17@sacbeemail.com> wrote in message
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>>I was able to salvage old school pictures I took with an Apple Take
>>QuickTake 100 we had in mid 90s but I can't find a way to open it in
>>Windows XP.
>>
>>The Mac system I got the files off of can see the file, but when I try
>>to save as another format in QuickTake software, the system crashes and
>>it won't let me get anywhere. Since I don't have the software anymore,
>>I can't reinstall it.
>>
>>Any idea how I can convert these pics to JPG or TIFF without having to
>>relocate the QuickTime software and having to work on Macintrash again?
>>
>
>
>
A Mac with GraphicConverter on it will convert PICT files to other formats.