What is the difference between .pct and .ras?
- Extension
- .pct
- .ras
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Apple
- Sun
- Description
- A PCT file is an image saved in the Macintosh PICT format, which was developed by Apple in 1984 for storing images using Apple QuickDraw technology. It contains image data in one of two formats, PICT 1, the original format that stores 8 colors, or PICT 2, a newer format that allows thousands of colors (24 and 32-bit images). PCT files support both raster and vector images.
- 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
- image/x-pict
- image/x-cmu-raster
- Sample
- sample.pct
- Wikipedia
- .pct on Wikipedia
- .ras on Wikipedia