What is the difference between .icns and .gif?
- Extension
- .icns
- .gif
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Apple
- CompuServe
- Description
- It is an icon image file used to show application icons in the macOS Finder and macOS dock. It contains one or several .PNG images and it supports 1bit and 8-bit alpha channels.
- A GIF file is an image file often used for web graphics. It may contain up to 256 indexed colors with a color palette that may be a predefined set of colors or may be adapted to the colors in the image. GIF files are saved in a lossless format, meaning the clarity of the image is not compromised with GIF compression.
- MIME Type
- image/x-icns
- image/gif
- Sample
- sample.gif
- Wikipedia
- .icns on Wikipedia
- .gif on Wikipedia