What is the difference between .pict and .bmp?
- Name
- Picture File
- Bitmap Image
- Extension
- .pict
- .bmp
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Apple
- Microsoft
- Description
- Image file saved in the Macintosh PICT format; may contain both vector and bitmap data and can use thousands of colors; also supports RLE (Run-length encoding) and JPEG compression to reduce the file size.
- A BMP file is an uncompressed raster image comprised of a rectangular grid of pixels. It contains a file header (bitmap identifier, file size, width, height, color options, and bitmap data starting point) and bitmap pixels, each with a different color.
- MIME Type
- image/pict
- image/bmp
- Sample
- sample.pict
- sample.bmp
- Wikipedia
- .pict on Wikipedia
- .bmp on Wikipedia