What is the difference between .pnt and .gif?
- Extension
- .pnt
- .gif
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Apple Inc.
- CompuServe
- Description
- The PNT file type is primarily associated with MacPaint, an early graphics painting software developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh computers. Introduced in the mid-1980s, MacPaint was among the first programs to bring bitmap graphics editing to a personal computer, allowing users to create and edit black-and-white images with a simplistic user interface. PNT files store the bitmap images created in MacPaint, encapsulating the simplistic yet iconic graphics that were a hallmark of early Macintosh applications. Despite its discontinuation, the PNT format remains a piece of digital art history from the dawn of personal computing.
- A GIF file is an image file often used for web graphics. It may contain up to 256 indexed colors with a color palette that may be a predefined set of colors or may be adapted to the colors in the image. GIF files are saved in a lossless format, meaning the clarity of the image is not compromised with GIF compression.
- MIME Type
- image/x-macpaint
- image/gif
- Sample
- sample.gif
- Wikipedia
- .pnt on Wikipedia
- .gif on Wikipedia