What is the difference between .ppm and .exr?
- Extension
- .ppm
- .exr
- Format
- Text
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- Industrial Light & Magic
- 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.
- Raster image stored in the OpenEXR format, a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed by Industrial Light & Magic; supports multi-layer images, lossy and lossless compression, and 16-bit and 32-bit pixels; used for storing deep raster images for high-quality graphics; used by raster graphics editing programs and imaging applications.
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-pixmap
- image/x-exr
- Sample
- sample.ppm
- sample.exr
- Wikipedia
- .ppm on Wikipedia
- .exr on Wikipedia