.CIN File Extension

Image created by Kodak's Cineon film system; transfers film images to a digital format for electronic compositing, manipulation and enhancement; outputs back to film with no loss of image quality.

A CIN file is a video used in the MS-DOS version of the video game Fade to Black. It contains a scene played within the game. CIN files are quite uncommon, so most popular media players cannot play them.

Fade to Black was a third-person shooter and puzzle-solving game produced by Delphine Software International, a French video game developer. It was a sequel to Flashback: The Quest for Identity, and it starred that game's protagonist, Conrad B. Hart. In Fade to Black, Conrad must reclaim Earth from the alien Morphs.

Fade to Black was released for MS-DOS, PlayStation, and Dreamcast, but only the MS-DOS version used CIN videos.

Because CIN files are so uncommon, most popular media players cannot play them. You can play CIN files in VLC media player, but you will likely encounter playback issues. You can also convert CIN files to a more usable video format using FFmpeg.

A CIN file is a bitmap image created by Champions' Interlace, a graphics program for Atari computers. It contains an up to 160 x 200 pixel image. Most CIN images are 160 x 192 pixels.

You can open a CIN file with Piotr Fusik RECOIL (multiplatform) or Tom's Editor (Web) to view the image it contains.

You can use RECOIL or Tom's Editor to convert CIN files to more common image formats. For example, Tom's Editor can convert CIN files to the following formats:

• .BMP - Bitmap Image
• .JPG - JPEG Image
• .PNG - Portable Network Graphic
• .GIF - Graphical Interchange Format
• .DDS - DirectDraw Surface Image
• .PCX - Paintbrush Bitmap Image
• .TGA - Targa Graphic
• .WEBP - WebP Image
• .PSD - Photoshop Document
• .SVG - Scalable Vector Graphic