What is the difference between .arw and .sixel?
- Extension
- .arw
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Camera
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Sony
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- Digital photograph captured by a Sony digital camera, and based on the TIFF specification; contains raw, uncompressed image data as captured by the camera's CCD; can be adjusted using image-editing software before exporting to common raster formats such as .JPG or .TIFF.
- Created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- MIME Type
- image/x-sony-arw
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.arw
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia