What is the difference between .bpg and .pcx?
- Extension
- .bpg
- .pcx
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Fabrice Bellard
- ZSoft
- Description
- Better Portable Graphics (BPG) image format created to replace the JPEG format; provides the same quality as JPEG images but in a smaller file size; supports lossless compression; natively supports 8 to 14 bits per channel.
- PCX, standing for Paintbrush Bitmap Image, is a raster image format developed by ZSoft Corporation for their PC Paintbrush graphics program. Initially released in the 1980s, PCX was one of the first widely used bitmap image formats on IBM PC compatible computers. The format supports 1-bit monochrome, 4-bit palette, 8-bit palette, and 24-bit true color images, allowing for a wide range of colors and shades.
- MIME Type
- image/x-bpg
- image/pcx
- Sample
- sample.bpg
- sample.pcx
- Wikipedia
- .bpg on Wikipedia
- .pcx on Wikipedia