{
 "id": "dr-halo-bitmap",
 "name": "Dr Halo Bitmap",
 "category": "image",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "cut"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "application/dr-halo",
   "image/x-cut"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "x-fmt/316"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q28205948"
  ]
 },
 "status": "readable",
 "summary": "The Dr. Halo Bitmap file format, created by Media Cybernetics in 1984, was designed to facilitate image transfer between MS-DOS applications, making it one of the early device-independent bitmap formats. It is closely associated with the HALO Image File Format Library and software like the Dr. Halo raster graphics editor. The format primarily includes a .CUT file for bitmap image data and a .PAL file for color palette information. While initially popular in MS-DOS environments for basic graphic interchange, the Dr. Halo format was eventually superseded by more versatile formats as personal computing advanced.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "ImageMagick",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
   "license": "ImageMagick License",
   "open_source": true,
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "ABViewer",
   "url": "https://cadsofttools.com/products/abviewer/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Abydos",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133445760",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Converseen",
   "url": "https://converseen.fasterland.net/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 3.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "DevIL",
   "url": "http://openil.sourceforge.net/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Graphic Workshop",
   "url": "http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Hijaak Digital Photo Studio",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117814372",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "imageio",
   "url": "http://imageio.github.io/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "2-clause BSD License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Konvertor",
   "url": "http://www.logipole.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "PaintShop Photo Pro X3",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122675173",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "PaintShop Pro X4",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110977057",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "PaintShop Pro X6 Ultimate",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113679458",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "PicaJet",
   "url": "http://picajet.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware"
  },
  {
   "name": "Q650922",
   "url": "https://www.xnview.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware / proprietary license"
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Dr._Halo_CUT",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM x-fmt/316",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/x-fmt/316",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q28205948",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28205948",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Dr._Halo",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "converters",
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "conversions": [
  {
   "to": "portable-network-graphics",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cut out.png",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "tagged-image-file-format",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cut out.tif",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "jpeg-file-interchange-format-1-02",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cut out.jpg",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy compression.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "webp",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cut out.webp",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy compression.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "gif",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cut out.gif",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Reduced to 256 colours.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
  }
 ],
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}