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Convert paint to gif

  1. Download and install the latest version of Filestar.

  2. Right click on one or more Paint file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.

  3. Type convert to gif in the search box.

  4. Press Convert.

What is the difference between .paint and .gif?

Name
Mac Paint File
Graphical Interchange Format File
Extension
.paint
.gif
Format
Binary
Binary
Category
Raster Image
Raster Image
Developer
Apple Inc.
CompuServe
Description
The Mac Paint file, commonly associated with the file extension ".mac", originated from MacPaint, an early graphics editing program developed by Apple Inc. for the original Macintosh computer in 1984. This file type was designed to store black and white bitmap graphics, allowing users to create and manipulate digital images using a variety of tools and brushes. Mac Paint files were known for their simplicity and were widely used for basic graphic editing and illustration tasks during the early days of personal computing. Despite its historical significance, the Mac Paint format has largely been superseded by more advanced graphic file formats that support color and higher resolutions.
A GIF file is an image file often used for web graphics. It may contain up to 256 indexed colors with a color palette that may be a predefined set of colors or may be adapted to the colors in the image. GIF files are saved in a lossless format, meaning the clarity of the image is not compromised with GIF compression.
MIME Type
image/x-macpaint
image/gif
Sample
sample.gif
Wikipedia
.paint on Wikipedia
.gif on Wikipedia

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