# Anyone have Microsoft Picture-It? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 20, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-microsoft-picture-it/82799 "2001-09-20T15:24:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-microsoft-picture-it/82799/1 "2001-09-20T15:24:15Z")
I need to convert a .mix file to a .jpg or .tif format. Anyone know of a freeware conversion utility? Anyone willing to convert this (900k) file for me? The picture is located [here](http://delta9studio.com/bands/deadlydeparted/deadlydepartedcover.mix) Any help would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-microsoft-picture-it/82799/2 "2001-09-20T15:33:26Z")
I have it and will see what I can do. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Old\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Bull)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-microsoft-picture-it/82799/3 "2001-09-20T16:14:11Z")
You can try Vueprint. It has a 15 day free trial but im not sure if it will work with mix files or not but its a good image viewer/converter. You can find it here: [http://www.hamrick.com/upg.html](http://www.hamrick.com/upg.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-microsoft-picture-it/82799/4 "2001-09-20T18:50:03Z")
I have Picture It and I tried, but I got an error message: “Cannot open, this picture was converted with a newer version of Picture It”. Well if that isn’t the stupidest…Older versions of the same program can’t read newer versions? Another reason why I quit using Picture It and went with Paint Shop Pro and Irfanview. ---
**Author:** ![Arjuna34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Arjuna34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arjuna34)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-microsoft-picture-it/82799/5 "2001-09-20T19:00:55Z")
I’ve got Picture It at home, and I seem to recall a way to export pictures from it into jpg format - have you tried all the File choices? It may have been a little convoluted getting to it. Arjuna34 ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-microsoft-picture-it/82799/6 "2001-09-20T19:08:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Boscibo \* > \*\*Well if that isn’t the stupidest…Older versions of the same program can’t read newer versions? \*\* Uh…actually, it’s pretty common for an older version of an application to be unable to read a newer version file format. I’m not talking about standardized picture or text file formats, but files with proprietary file formats. There’s just too many code changes that go into the newer version. Some programs have a “Down Rev Save” function to accomodate for this, (ex: “Save as PowerPoint 4.0”), but PictureIt does not, since you can export in so many standard graphics formats. It was a huge undertaking to get newer versions of Office to have their file formatts be cross-platform compatible and compatible with older versions. (Starting with Office97). ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-microsoft-picture-it/82799/7 "2001-09-20T19:14:34Z")
Old Bull–no dice. Vueprint won’t open it. I’m beginning to think it’s a proprietary format that only Picture-It can open. I may have to have the client re-send the picture, but this person is, well, pretty computer illiterate, so it could get ugly. Thanks to all who have tried so far. Bump! ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-microsoft-picture-it/82799/8 "2001-09-20T19:22:55Z")
Weird. Microsoft Word is able to give me a thumbnail of the picture, but won’t open it. It’s a picture of “Windy City” magazine Volume 2. ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-microsoft-picture-it/82799/9 "2001-09-20T21:56:11Z")
Just got around to trying it, and my version is too old as well. Sorry.