What is the difference between .cals and .rgba?
- Extension
- .cals
- .rgba
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- United States Department of Defense (DoD)
- SGI
- Description
- The CALS Raster Graphic File, having the extension .cals, is a type of image file format primarily used for the storage and exchange of digital images, especially in the context of technical and engineering documents. Developed in the mid-1980s by the United States Department of Defense, the CALS format was part of an initiative to standardize electronic document management and interchange, particularly for military and government applications.
- An RGBA file is a color bitmap image format created by Silicon Graphics (SGI). It is similar to the .RGB file as it supports color RGB channels with an alpha channel.
- MIME Type
- image/cals
- image/x-rgb
- Sample
- sample.cals
- sample.rgba
- Wikipedia
- .cals on Wikipedia
- .rgba on Wikipedia