What is the difference between .mat and .ras?
- Extension
- .mat
- .ras
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Data
- Raster Image
- Developer
- The MathWorks
- Sun
- Description
- MAT (MATLAB Image Format) is an image file format created by MathWorks for storing and sharing MATLAB data and images. It contains data in a binary format, as well as metadata describing the image. MAT files can be used to store images, 3D models, and other types of data.
- Originally used on the Sun Microsystems computers, RAS is a raster image format that displays bitmap images. It is popularly used for specific types of research projects and it can be developed in Unix OS as well. It supports 1 and 32-bits per pixel and used RLE compression codec.
- MIME Type
- application/octet-stream
- image/x-cmu-raster
- Sample
- sample.mat
- Wikipedia
- .mat on Wikipedia
- .ras on Wikipedia