What is the difference between .fax and .vips?
- Name
- Group 3 FAX
- VIPS Image
- Extension
- .fax
- .vips
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Fax
- Raster Image
- Developer
- ITU-T
- VIPS (Visual Information Processing System)
- Description
- This format is used to compress TIFF images when sending them via fax machines. This format helps reduce the data transmission time. Group 3 eliminates redundant data during compression in order to reduce file size. The standard 10:1 compression ratio may be increased to the user's preferences, but it can lead to a significant loss of image quality.
- VIPS is a libvips file format mainly used for calculations, but it can also store images. The main advantage is that it has no size limit; it's fast and straightforward. Nonetheless, most applications can't view it, so converting it to a more popular format is the only way to work around it.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.fax
- image/vnd.vips
- Wikipedia
- .vips on Wikipedia