Retro Graphics Converter

New in Version 4.5

A big quality update: every decoder and disk reader was checked against thousands of real disk images and sample pictures.

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NEW

Keyboard shortcuts for import, export, selection, zoom and browsing
Atari ST Art Director, GFA Artist, Palette Master and Doodle pictures
Commodore D71 and D81, 40-track D64 and Apple DiskCopy 4.2 disk images
Palette editing for Apple Preferred Format and many more platforms

BETTER DISKS AND PICTURES

Apple II disks are no longer mistaken for CoCo disks; ProDOS folders on .dsk images are listed
C64 disks show every file; CoCo RS-DOS, TR-DOS and BBC Micro disks are read correctly
Amiga Extra-Half-Brite, C64 Advanced Art Studio, MSX and BMP pictures are fixed
Fewer false pictures - music and data files are no longer shown as images

EASIER AND MORE STABLE

Palette editor follows the line under the mouse, even on 3200-color pictures
Batch export never overwrites files; clear histogram; status messages
Several crashes and hangs with damaged files fixed

Screenshots

Real pictures from real disks, decoded the way the original hardware showed them.

Disk catalog browser showing the pictures on a C64 Koala Painter disk — **Pictures straight from disk images**Browse ProDOS, DOS 3.3, D64, ADF, ATR, ST, TR-DOS, DFS and more. Pictures are found automatically - tick and import.

Palette editor with the 200 line palettes of a 3200-color Apple IIgs picture — **Edit every palette**Change any color and watch the picture update - even on 3200-color Apple IIgs pictures with a palette on every line.

Amiga IFF pictures — **Amiga IFF**32 and 256 colors, Extra-Half-Brite and HAM.

Atari ST pictures — **Atari ST**Degas, NEOchrome, Art Director and more.

Commodore 64 pictures — **Commodore 64**Koala Painter and Art Studio, imported from D64 disks.

ZX Spectrum screens — **ZX Spectrum**SCR screens and pictures from TR-DOS disks.

MacPaint pictures — **MacPaint**The original 1-bit Macintosh pictures.

PCX pictures — **PC Paintbrush PCX and BMP**From 1-bit to 24-bit.

Features

Everything you need to explore, preserve and share vintage computer art.

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Disk Browser

Open 15 disk image formats from Apple II, Commodore, Amiga, Atari, BBC, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad, MSX and CoCo. Search, tick and import, or export the raw files.

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Palette Editing

Edit the original colors with live preview, copy and paste palettes, compare with the original - up to 3200-color pictures.

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Smart Detection

Formats are recognized by their structure, not only by name - pictures hidden in files without extension are found too.

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Modern Export

PNG, JPEG, TIFF, GIF or HEIC, or keep the original file. Upscale 2x, 4x or 8x with crisp pixels. Batch export never overwrites files.

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Screensaver

Turn your collection into a macOS screensaver with pixel-perfect scaling.

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Movie Export

Video slideshows in MP4 or MOV with transitions, H.264 or HEVC, up to 4K.

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Image Tools

Rotate, flip, crop, invert, brightness and contrast with live preview, plus a color histogram.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Import, export, select, delete, zoom and step through your pictures without the mouse.

Supported Formats

Graphics from 16 classic platforms.

apple ii / iigs

Hi-Res and Double Hi-Res
Super Hi-Res, 3200-color, 3200 packed
Apple Preferred Format, 816/Paint, DreamGrafix, PaintWorks

commodore

C64: Koala Painter, Art Studio, Advanced Art Studio, Hi-Res
Plus/4: Hi-Res and Multicolor, 128-color TED palette
VIC-20: Hi-Res and Multicolor

amiga

IFF/ILBM up to 256 colors
Extra-Half-Brite, HAM6 and HAM8
24-bit IFF

atari

ST: Degas, NEOchrome, Art Director, GFA Artist, Palette Master, Doodle
8-bit: GR.8 to GR.15, MicroIllustrator

british micros

ZX Spectrum: SCR screens
BBC Micro: Modes 0, 1, 2, 4 and 5
Amstrad CPC: Mode 0 and Mode 1

msx / trs-80 / coco

MSX: Screen 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8
TRS-80 block graphics
CoCo PMODE and CoCo 3

pc and mac

PC Paintbrush PCX, 1-bit to 24-bit
Windows BMP
MacPaint

modern

PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, HEIC

Disk Images

Open the disk, see the pictures.

disk_formats

Extension	Platform	File system
.2mg .po .do .dsk .hdv	Apple II / IIgs	ProDOS, DOS 3.3, DiskCopy 4.2
.d64 .d71 .d81	Commodore	1541, 1571, 1581
.adf	Amiga	OFS and FFS
.st	Atari ST	FAT12
.atr	Atari 8-bit	Atari DOS
.ssd .dsd	BBC Micro	Acorn DFS
.trd	ZX Spectrum	TR-DOS
.dsk	Amstrad CPC, MSX, CoCo	AMSDOS, MSX-DOS, RS-DOS
.img	Various	Detected automatically

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macOS 15.6 or later Apple Silicon or Intel Mac See also BitPast - convert modern pictures to retro formats