Paintworks file format

Paintworks    *.SC0 *.CL0 (st low resolution)
              *.SC1 *.CL1 (st medium resolution)
              *.SC2 *.CL2 (st high resolution)
              *.PG0 (st low resolution, double high)
              *.PG1 (st medium resolution, double high)
              *.PG2 (st high resolution, double high)

Early versions of Paintworks were called N-Vision. These are often mistaken as
NEOchrome files. One should not rely on the file extension to determine the contents.

1 word       file id [0x00]
                 recommend using 'secondary file id' for identification
1 word       resolution [0 = low, 1 = medium, 2 = high]
                 recommend using 'flags' to determine resolution
16 words     palette
12 bytes     file name, usually ["        .   "]
1 word       ?
1 word       ?
1 word       ?
9 bytes      secondary file id ["ANvisionA"]
1 byte       flags, bit field: cxrrtttt
                 c = compression flag [1 = compressed]
                 x = not used
                 r = resolution [0 = low, 1 = medium, 2 = high]
                 t = type [0 = page, 1 = screen, 2 = clipart, 4 = pattern]
                     page = double high, thus 320x400, 640x400, 640x800
                     screen = standard st resolutions
                     clipart = standard st resolutions
                     pattern = no documentation at this time
64 bytes     ?
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128 bytes    total for header

?            image data:                                      
Uncompressed images are simply screen dumps as one might expect.

Compressed images are currently undocumented.

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