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QuickTake

Added by Andrew Jackson · last edited by Andrew Jackson · on Oct 11, 2012

Summary

Name	QuickTake
Description	Image format for Apple QuickTake digital cameras
MIME Type(s)	application/octet-stream
PRONOM ID(s)	fmt/xxx
UDFR ID(s)	u1fxxx
File extension(s)	qtk
Wikipedia page(s)	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_QuickTake
Format specification	[^localCopyOfFormatSpecs\|\\|\|] (Source: http://www.standardsbody/formatSpecs

Description

A summary of the format, focussing on digital preservation concerns.

Format issues

Issue 1

Difficult to access, but supported by dcraw.

Opening Apple QuickTake .QTK Images

Issue 2

List of know preservation issues amd risks that this format can suffer from.

User Experiences

e.g. links to AQuA/SCAPE/Hackathon issues related to this format

http://forums.theregister.co.uk/post/1577310

News Feeds

Links to places to find out when this format changes.

Tools

Cross-references to tools that support this format.

dcraw