RIX Converter

Convert ColoRIX images (RIX) online for free


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

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

Convert RIX to another file type

The converter easily converts your RIX images to various formats - free and online. No ColoRIX VGA Paint or other Raster Image software needed.

  • RIX to PCL
  • RIX to XPM
  • RIX to RPGM
  • RIX to PNM
  • RIX to MIF
  • RIX to BMP565
  • RIX to WBMP
  • RIX to 83I
  • RIX to CIN
  • RIX to J
  • RIX to IMG
  • RIX to RGB

Convert a file to RIX

To convert other file formats to the "Legacy Bitmap Image" file type, you need software like ColoRIX VGA Paint or a similar tool.


About RIX files

The .rix file extension primarily represents a ColoRIX bitmap image file developed by RIX SoftWorks Inc. Historically, these files functioned as splash screen formats and simple raster images for MS-DOS applications and early PC games utilizing VGA graphics. A secondary use of the .rix extension is for Refractive index data files used by MiePlot, a scientific software tool for calculating light scattering. Opening a ColoRIX image today is incredibly difficult. It is a deprecated, legacy proprietary format unsupported by modern operating systems, web browsers, or standard image viewers like Windows Photos or macOS Preview. Without specialized retro-emulation software or obscure converter scripts, the graphic data is locked away. Similarly, MiePlot optical constant files are highly niche and require specific scientific software or manual data parsing to read. To overcome these limitations, you must convert the file. For web use and general viewing of ColoRIX images, convert to PNG for lossless quality or JPG for smaller file sizes. For editing in modern software like Adobe Photoshop, PNG or BMP are ideal targets. If your file is a MiePlot refractive index data file, convert it to CSV or TXT to analyze the raw optical constants in Microsoft Excel. Drag and drop your file to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.

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Users also converted RGBA, PIX and BMT files.


FAQ

If you want to convert RIX file to , you can use ColoRIX VGA Paint or similar software from the "Legacy Bitmap Image Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to RIX, try ColoRIX VGA Paint or another comparable tool in the "Legacy Bitmap Image Storage" category.



The RIX 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 RIX converter.