What is the difference between .ppm and .bmp?
- Extension
- .ppm
- .bmp
- Format
- Text
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- Microsoft
- Description
- A PPM file is a 24-bit color image formatted using a text format. It stores each pixel with a number from 0 to 65536, which specifies the color of the pixel. PPM files also store the image height and width, whitespace data, and the maximum color value.
- A BMP file is an uncompressed raster image comprised of a rectangular grid of pixels. It contains a file header (bitmap identifier, file size, width, height, color options, and bitmap data starting point) and bitmap pixels, each with a different color.
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-pixmap
- image/bmp
- Sample
- sample.ppm
- sample.bmp
- Wikipedia
- .ppm on Wikipedia
- .bmp on Wikipedia