What is the difference between .aff and .xwd?
- Extension
- .aff
- .xwd
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Vector Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- August Mueller of Flying Meat Inc.
- X Window System
- Description
- Developed in 1980 by the Acorn Draw Program, aff format is meant for vector image visualization. It mainly stores publishing information such as brochures, flyers, logotypes, etc. because of it's high-quality images when printing.
- The XWD (X Windows Dump) image file format is a native graphic format associated with the X Window System, which is a windowing system for bitmap displays commonly used in UNIX and Linux environments. An XWD file is essentially a dump or snapshot of what is being displayed on a screen or part of it at a given moment. It stores image data in an uncompressed form, including the header information that contains details about the image's size, color, and format.
- MIME Type
- application/aff
- image/x-xwindowdump
- Sample
- sample.xwd
- Wikipedia
- .aff on Wikipedia
- .xwd on Wikipedia