What is the difference between .pcx and .png?
- Extension
- .pcx
- .png
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- ZSoft
- PNG Development Group
- 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.
- A PNG file is an image file stored in the Portable Network Graphic (PNG) format. It contains a bitmap of indexed colors and uses lossless compression, similar to a .GIF file but without copyright limitations. PNG files are commonly used to store graphics for web images.
- MIME Type
- image/pcx
- image/png
- Sample
- sample.pcx
- sample.png
- Wikipedia
- .pcx on Wikipedia
- .png on Wikipedia