What is the difference between .pict and .sixel?
- Extension
- .pict
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Apple
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- 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.
- Created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- MIME Type
- image/pict
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.pict
- Wikipedia
- .pict on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia