PICT Converter

Convert Macintosh picture files (PICT) online for free


Drop or upload your .PICT file
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How to convert your PICT file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PICT file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert PICT to another file type

The converter easily converts your PICT pictures to various formats - free and online. No QuickTime Player or or other Raster Image software needed.

  • PICT to PDF
  • PICT to JPG
  • PICT to PNG
  • PICT to JPEG
  • PICT to GIF
  • PICT to BMP
  • PICT to TIFF
  • PICT to TIF
  • PICT to WEBP
  • PICT to ICO
  • PICT to CT
  • PICT to CH

Convert a file to PICT

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Legacy Mac Graphics Metafile" formats to PICT without using software like QuickTime Player or a similar tool.

  • PNG to PICT
  • NEF to PICT
  • PSB to PICT
  • DNG to PICT
  • SVG to PICT
  • GIF to PICT
  • EPS to PICT
  • JPG to PICT
  • ARW to PICT
  • PDF to PICT
  • WDP to PICT
  • JBIG to PICT

About PICT files

The .PICT file is a legacy Macintosh graphics format created by Apple for its QuickDraw rendering API. Originally the standard image format for classic Mac OS, it functioned as a metafile capable of storing both raster bitmaps and vector data.

The modern reality is that .PICT is completely obsolete. Apple deprecated the underlying QuickDraw framework in macOS 10.4 and removed it entirely in macOS 10.8. You cannot open a .PICT file natively on modern macOS, Windows, mobile devices, or web browsers. Older media applications like Adobe Photoshop or QuickTime Player historically supported it, but recent software updates have largely stripped out this 32-bit legacy compatibility.

To rescue these old graphics, you must convert them. For general viewing and web use, convert the file to PNG (for lossless quality) or JPG (for smaller file sizes). If your .PICT file was created in a vector application like MacDraw II, converting to PDF or SVG might preserve the original vector geometry. Drag and drop your file to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PICT file.

Users also converted PCT, PIC, PNG, WEBP, JPG, QTIF, QFI, H264, PDF, TEXT and JPEG files.


FAQ

If you want to convert PICT file to TEXT or CUR, you can use QuickTime Player or similar software from the "Legacy Apple graphics storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RAW or AI files to PICT, try QuickTime Player or another comparable tool in the "Legacy Apple graphics storage" category.



The PICT Converter Story

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 PICT converter.