The default "Memory Requirements" setting is 2048k to allow for large PICT files. This can be lowered if you are certain that the PICT resources that you will be processing will be smaller. The apps themselves use hardly any memory at all.
Extract PICTs
Drag and drop a file or application, specify the folder and the prefix for the files (the resource ID number will be the suffix), the creator type for the PICT ("8BIM" PhotoShop is the default, to permanently change the default, simply edit the DITL resource with ResEdit), click "save" and all of the PICT resources within the file/application will be extracted. It is a good idea to first create a new folder into which all the extracted PICTs will go to avoid cluttering up an existing folder.
PICTs to rsrc
Select a bunch of PICT files by shift-clicking or enclosing the files with a selection marquee. Drag the PICT files to the "PICTs to rsrc" app and specify the folder and name for the ResEdit 'rsrc' file that is to contain the PICTs.
I wrote these utilities to speed up the processing of PICT files and resources during the development of PICT-intensive applications. I hope that you find them of some use.
These two extremely small and simple applications are "ThankYouWare". If you find these utilities useful, all you have to do is say "thank you." My email address is "rolandg@crl.com"
