What is the difference between .m8 and .gif?
- Extension
- .m8
- .gif
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Game
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Raven Software
- CompuServe
- Description
- The M8 file type is primarily associated with Heretic II, a popular third-person action game developed by Raven Software. It is used to store MipMap textures, which are a collection of pre-calculated, optimized sequences of images, each of a lower resolution than the first. These textures are used to increase rendering speed and reduce aliasing artifacts in the game’s 3D environment. M8 files contribute to the detailed and immersive graphics of Heretic II by allowing for smoother transitions and more efficient texture mapping on 3D models.
- 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-m8
- image/gif
- Sample
- sample.gif
- Wikipedia
- .gif on Wikipedia