What is the difference between .pct and .vips?
- Name
- Picture File
- VIPS Image
- Extension
- .pct
- .vips
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Apple
- VIPS (Visual Information Processing System)
- 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.
- VIPS is a libvips file format mainly used for calculations, but it can also store images. The main advantage is that it has no size limit; it's fast and straightforward. Nonetheless, most applications can't view it, so converting it to a more popular format is the only way to work around it.
- MIME Type
- image/x-pict
- image/vnd.vips
- Sample
- sample.pct
- Wikipedia
- .pct on Wikipedia
- .vips on Wikipedia