MIC

mic icon

Microsoft Image Composer graphics image

File type: Graphics file

Files with mic file extension can be quite often found as pictures edited and saved using legacy Microsoft Image Composer software.

Found 2 different file type records with the same mic filename suffix.

What is mic file?

File type category:
Graphics file

Date updated: March 15, 2018

Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.

The mic file extension is related to the Microsoft Image Composer, a tool for composing two images, developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is an older and no longer offered program.

The mic file represents image created using the program.

How to open mic file?

Use Microsoft Image Composer or its successor product Microsoft PhotoDraw to open *.mic files. Unfortunately, both of these programs are discontinued.

How to convert mic file?

It is likely that some kind of export function to other graphics formats was available in the original program.

Suggested software to open mic file:

Microsoft Image Composer icon
Microsoft Image Composer
An old web graphics editor for Windows 95/98

Associated software actions with the mic file

Software applications that can open mic files:

Microsoft Windows

no icon available Microsoft Image Composer

Software applications that can edit mic files:

Microsoft Windows

no icon available Microsoft Image Composer

Software capable of saving mic files:

Microsoft Windows

no icon available Microsoft Image Composer

Software apps that create mic files:

Microsoft Windows

no icon available Microsoft Image Composer

Software applications that handle other tasks involving mic files:

Microsoft Windows

no icon available Microsoft Image Composer

Micro Illustrator picture image

File type category:
Bitmap image file

Date updated: October 5, 2026

Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.

Micro Illustrator was a graphics program for Atari's 8-bit computer family. Its mic files store bitmap pictures with a resolution of 160 x 240 pixels and four colors.

The mic file extension is also used for pictures created by AtariGraphics. Those images have a resolution of 160 x 192 pixels and use four colors.

This is an obsolete image format. RECOIL, a multiplatform retro-computer image viewer and converter, supports Micro Illustrator pictures.

How to open mic file?

Use the multiplatform RECOIL software to open a mic file. It can identify and display supported Micro Illustrator pictures.

How to convert mic file?

RECOIL can be used to convert a supported mic file to a modern image format, such as PNG, for use in current image software.

Suggested software to open mic file:

Associated software actions with the mic file

Programs for viewing mic files:

Multiplatform

Software apps that print mic files:

Multiplatform

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