Extract text from LucasArts animation files (SAN)
To convert SAN animations to another format, you need Electronic Arts Deluxe Paint or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "Legacy Animation File" file type, you need software like Electronic Arts Deluxe Paint or a similar tool.
The .san file extension is most widely known as a legacy LucasArts Smush Animation file or an IFF ANIM video sequence developed for Electronic Arts Deluxe Paint. These proprietary files were heavily used in the 1990s to store full-motion video playback, animation frames, and static game art for classic engines, including the Naughty Dog GOAL engine. In an entirely different industrial context, .san files are used as GZIP-compressed paint color formula databases for Santint automated paint mixing systems.
Opening these files today is highly problematic. The game animations are proprietary and obsolete, meaning standard media players like VLC or Windows Media Player will fail to recognize them. They require specialized reverse-engineered software, custom extraction scripts, or emulators. The industrial paint formula files are similarly locked down, tied directly to expensive proprietary mixing hardware.
To recover or modernize this data, conversion is mandatory. For legacy video playback, you must extract and convert the animation frames to MP4 or MKV formats. For static game art or textures, convert the assets to PNG or WEBP for web compatibility. If handling the industrial GZIP format, extracting the contents to a raw text or CSV format is necessary for auditing formulas. Drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
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If you want to convert SAN file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use Electronic Arts Deluxe Paint or similar software from the "Legacy Game Animation Video" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to SAN, try Electronic Arts Deluxe Paint or another comparable tool in the "Legacy Game Animation Video" category.
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