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This info about the .pct file extension may help. The Apple PICT ("Picture") file format is effectively obsolete -- in fact, Apple's current Preview app won't open one unless you relaunch it in 32 bit mode, & it won't preserve the PICT 2 version's vector objects.

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(If you use mac) try Graphic Converter by Lemke Software. Opens about any old format images, you can save to some more modern format.

I have GraphicConverter 9. I haven't used it for opening & converting PICT files for a long time, but if I remember correctly, like Preview, it does not preserve any vector content in type 2 PICT files -- basically, it is flattening everything to a single pixel layer, except possibly for text.

All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7
Affinity Photo 
1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7

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A comment about the latest version of GraphicConverter (now 10.3.1) is that it supports previewing Affinity Photo images in the Browser. (like those in the Finder)

David Voth

Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher ver. 2: macOS Sonoma and iPadOS 17

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XnView MP (Mac & Win & Linux) can also read and convert those files, also in batch-mode. IrfanView (Win) can probably too.

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