What is the difference between .pbm and .pcx?
- Extension
- .pbm
- .pcx
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Wolfgang Hoschek
- ZSoft
- Description
- 1-bit black and white image; formatted in text format; basic raster image format in which each pixel is represented by a byte that contains a 1 or 0; 1 represents black and 0 represents white pixels.
- PCX, standing for Paintbrush Bitmap Image, is a raster image format developed by ZSoft Corporation for their PC Paintbrush graphics program. Initially released in the 1980s, PCX was one of the first widely used bitmap image formats on IBM PC compatible computers. The format supports 1-bit monochrome, 4-bit palette, 8-bit palette, and 24-bit true color images, allowing for a wide range of colors and shades.
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-bitmap
- image/pcx
- Sample
- sample.pbm
- sample.pcx
- Wikipedia
- .pbm on Wikipedia
- .pcx on Wikipedia