Image::...ol::PICT(3)

💖 Image::...ol::PICT(3) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about the manpage for Image::...ol::PICT(3) — yes that's the manual name, no I don't know why it's wearing that abbreviation as a little crop top, it's iconic either way. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

Image::ExifTool::PICT — Read PICT meta information. that's the whole job. she reads, she slays, she does not elaborate 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

no cap, that's the entire synopsis. she's not a module you call up on a Friday night, she's a supporting character — but make no mistake, she is the main character energy behind the scenes ✨

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically this module contains routines required by Image::ExifTool to read PICT (Apple Picture) images. that's it, that's the vibe — she's the backstage crew in a tiny black outfit making the whole Apple Picture situation actually work. obsessed 🍓

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✨ NOTES ✨

okay listen, this part is important, don't scroll past it 🙈

Extraction of PICT opcodes is experimental, and is only enabled with the Verbose or the Unknown option.

so if you're sitting there like "why are my opcodes not showing up" — girl, that's because you didn't turn on Verbose or Unknown. it's giving "you have to ask nicely." and also it's giving "experimental," which in Perl-speak means proceed with your eyes open. 💀

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

shoutout to Phil for carrying this whole thing since 2003, that's a long reign 👑 the license is literally "same terms as Perl itself" so go forth, remix, redistribute, be free, live your truth 🌈

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✨ REFERENCES ✨

if you wanna go read the source material, here's where the homework lives:

• <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/QuickDraw/QuickDraw-2.html>
• <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/INMAC/QT/iqImageCompMgr.a.htm>

yes they're old. yes they're Apple. yes they still ate. 💅

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• "PICT Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames
• Image::ExifTool(3pm)

go read those if you want the full lore, iykyk 🦋

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one came out under perl v5.42.1 and it's dated 2026-03-31 — so yes, she's recent, she's maintained, and she's still out here reading PICT meta information like the little legend she is. mwah 💖🎀✨