What is the difference between .pbm and .pnm?
- Extension
- .pbm
- .pnm
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Wolfgang Hoschek
- Jef Poskanzer
- 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.
- The PNM (Portable Any Map Image) file format is a subset of the broader Netpbm format, designed for storing various types of digital images. It acts as an umbrella term for three specific types of grayscale, color, and black-and-white images, represented by PBM (Portable Bitmap), PGM (Portable Graymap), and PPM (Portable Pixmap) formats respectively. PNM files are known for their simplicity and ease of conversion to other image formats.
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-bitmap
- application/x-portable-anymap
- Sample
- sample.pbm
- sample.pnm
- Wikipedia
- .pbm on Wikipedia
- .pnm on Wikipedia