What is the difference between .pcx and .jbig?
- Extension
- .pcx
- .jbig
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- ZSoft
- Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group (JBIG)
- Description
- 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.
- JBIG is a lossless compression file format that was created for the fax machine; it can be used by other image file formats. The files created by JBIG format are smaller compared to G3 and G4 file formats.
- MIME Type
- image/pcx
- image/jbig
- Sample
- sample.pcx
- sample.jbig
- Wikipedia
- .pcx on Wikipedia
- .jbig on Wikipedia