What is the difference between .pict and .vicar?
- Name
- Picture File
- VICAR Image
- Extension
- .pict
- .vicar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Scientific
- Developer
- Apple
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- 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.
- The VICAR (Video Image Communication And Retrieval) Image file format is a flexible, image-processing and data format system used primarily by the planetary science community. Developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for storing and managing digital images from space missions, VICAR files are designed to support a wide range of image types, including scientific and engineering data from various spacecraft instruments. This format is characterized by its ability to handle multi-dimensional arrays of data.
- MIME Type
- image/pict
- image/x-vicar
- Sample
- sample.pict
- sample.vicar
- Wikipedia
- .pict on Wikipedia
- .vicar on Wikipedia