Convert Legacy images (PIC) online for free
The converter easily converts your PIC images to various formats - free and online. No Autodesk Softimage or other Raster Image software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Legacy Image File" formats to PIC without using software like Autodesk Softimage or a similar tool.
The .pic file extension is a notorious "catch-all" designation used by dozens of unrelated applications over the past forty years to store image data. Because "picture" is a generic term, developers frequently defaulted to the .pic extension. Historically, it is most commonly associated with legacy Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet charts, Apple QuickDraw PICT graphics, and Autodesk Softimage 3D renders. It is also used for specialized scientific data formats, such as Bio-Rad confocal microscopy images, and Radiance HDR files. Occasionally, modern jpg or png files are incorrectly renamed to .pic.
The primary disadvantage of a .pic file is extreme format ambiguity. Operating systems cannot determine how to open a .pic file simply by its extension. Double-clicking it usually results in an error because the required legacy software is long obsolete, incompatible with modern 64-bit systems, or highly specialized. A .pic file from a 1995 Mac will not open in the same application as a .pic file generated by a Bio-Rad laboratory scanner.
To make these files usable, you must identify the underlying binary structure and convert them to modern, standardized formats. For web publishing or quick viewing, convert .pic to png or jpg. For archiving legacy vector charts (like Lotus 1-2-3 graphs), convert to pdf or svg. Drag and drop your file here to analyze its true internal format and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PIC file.
Users also converted SIG, PICT, JPG, HEIC, JPEG, ZIP, RESS, PDF, WEBP, ENC, DAT, TMP and DCX files.
If you want to convert PIC file to TEXT, HD or WEBP, you can use Autodesk Softimage or similar software from the "Legacy and Specialized Image Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SVG files to PIC, try Autodesk Softimage or another comparable tool in the "Legacy and Specialized Image Storage" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our PIC converter.