File Formats

ScrapX File Formats

When files or clippings in the following formats are copied and pasted or drag-and-dropped onto a ScrapX window, new items will be created in a supported type. Files in the:

QuickDraw image format .pct or .pict are displayed as type: PICT.
Image formats .qtif (QuickTime image) and .tif, or .tiff are displayed as type: TIFF.
Image formats .bmp, .gif, .jpg or .jpeg, and .png, are displayed as types: BMP, EPS, GIF or aGIF (animated GIF), JPEG, and PNG, respectively. Images encoded with JPEG compression, including those in the JFIF and EXIF file formats, are displayed as type: JPEG.
Plain text formats .txt or .text, and xml are displayed as type: plain text.
Hypertext format .htm or .html are displayed as types: HTML and plain text.
Rich text format .rtf are displayed as types: RTF and plain text.
Rich text with attachments format .rtfd are displayed as types: RTFD, RTF, and plain text.
Portable document format .pdf are displayed as type: PDF.
Movie formats .mov or .moov, .movie, .mpg or .mpeg, .mp4, and .qt are displayed as type: movie unless there is no image, in which case they are displayed as type: sound. Supported movie formats include QuickTime VR when running under Panther or Tiger.
Sound formats .aif or .aiff, .au, .m4a (AAC or Advanced Audio Coding), .m4p (protected AAC), .mp2, .mp3, .snd, and .wav are displayed as type: sound.
Classic sound format "snd" are displayed as type: sound resource.

Clippings in the:

Picture clipping format .pictClipping are displayed as the type: PICT plus the type corresponding to the format of the original image. For example, a picture clipping created from a GIF is displayed as the types: GIF, PICT. If the Type Filter in the User Preferences is set to "Only One TIFF or PICT" a single type is included: that corresponding to the format of the original image.
Text clippings format .textClipping are displayed as the type: plain text, and also will include the type: RTF if they were created from styled text.
Sound clippings format .sndClipping are displayed as the type: sound resource.

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