What is the difference between .ppm and .cgm?
- Extension
- .ppm
- .cgm
- Format
- Text
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Vector Image
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- World Wide Web Consortium
- 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.
- Vector graphics format designed to support the needs of many graphics applications; originally used for clip art libraries, but newer revisions (based on the ISO/IEC 8632 standard) are now commonly used for CAD drawings.
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-pixmap
- image/cgm
- Sample
- sample.ppm
- sample.cgm
- Wikipedia
- .ppm on Wikipedia
- .cgm on Wikipedia