What is the difference between .pnm and .rgb?
- Extension
- .pnm
- .rgb
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- SGI
- Description
- The PNM (Portable Any Map Image) file format is a subset of the broader Netpbm format, designed for storing various types of digital images. It acts as an umbrella term for three specific types of grayscale, color, and black-and-white images, represented by PBM (Portable Bitmap), PGM (Portable Graymap), and PPM (Portable Pixmap) formats respectively. PNM files are known for their simplicity and ease of conversion to other image formats.
- Color bitmap image format created by Silicon Graphics (SGI); generic format used for saving RGB color images on SGI workstations; recognized by various image viewing programs.
- MIME Type
- application/x-portable-anymap
- image/x-rgb
- Sample
- sample.pnm
- sample.rgb
- Wikipedia
- .pnm on Wikipedia
- .rgb on Wikipedia