.PIC File

File extension pic was commonly, especially in the past, used for pictures - mostly bitmap images of various format. Most of these format were later replaced in favor of more standardized image formats, such as JPEG, GIF or PNG.

The pic images were for example used in the following programs, many of which are no longer available or supported:

• SoftImage
• IBM Lotus
• Advanced Art Studio
• PICTOR
• PC-Paint
• GRASP
• Micrografx
• ​Bio-Rad
• Pixar
• PSION Series 3 PDA
• Radiance
• DelCam
• Petrosys
• Rayshade
• IBM Storyboard
• Handy Scanner Cameron
• WinMIPS
• CADdy++
• Autodesk Animator
• STAD
• EnSight
• Macintosh QuickDraw
• Koala MicroIllustrator
• MSX Screen 8

MIME types:
image/pict
image/x-pict

Files with pic extension can generally be found as pictures. Many format, most of them old and obsolete. A lot of them are still viewable using XnView.

How to open:

Xnview and other picture image viewers can open many various PIC formats.

How to convert:

There is so many PIC formats in existence, that it is likely that at least some of them can be converted to standard image formats like JPG or PNG.