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.
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.
Use Microsoft Image Composer or its successor product Microsoft PhotoDraw to open *.mic files. Unfortunately, both of these programs are discontinued.
It is likely that some kind of export function to other graphics formats was available in the original program.
Software applications that can open mic files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit mic files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving mic files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create mic files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving mic files:
Microsoft Windows
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.
Use the multiplatform RECOIL software to open a mic file. It can identify and display supported Micro Illustrator pictures.
RECOIL can be used to convert a supported mic file to a modern image format, such as PNG, for use in current image software.