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    "notes": "Microsoft Windows Cursor"
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   "writes": false,
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   "writes": true
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   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
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   "name": "Wikidata Q28205488",
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   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
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 "updated": "2026-10-24",
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   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cur out.png",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
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   "losses": "Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
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   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
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  {
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   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cur out.webp",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy compression.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "gif",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cur out.gif",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Reduced to 256 colours.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
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 "verification": []
}