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ANIM file format/Dpaint

    06-Mar-91 10:24:14
Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
To: Tom Robinson 73250,2773
Tom – kinda sounds like perhaps the total IFF file size is wrong in the header. Can you email me a dump of the first 512 bytes of so of the file? And tell me how long the whole file is now? For that matter, hmmm. Do you understand IFF layout? You could use a sector editor to zap the "correct" size in (a smaller size) which might let normal tools work right. The second longword in the file is that size. It should the length of the entire file – 8. By searching for the words "FORM", 4 byte len, "ILBM","ANHD" in the file, you'll also run across each frame section. Figure out the last good one, and reset the main filesize to match the total good section. I know this sounds muddy, but it's easier than it sounds 😉