What is the difference between .png8 and .sixel?
- Extension
- .png8
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- PNG Working Group
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- 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.
- 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/png
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.png8
- Wikipedia
- .png8 on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia