What is the difference between .ppm and .g3?
- Extension
- .ppm
- .g3
- Format
- Text
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Fax
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- CCITT
- 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.
- Fax image created in the CCITT Group 3 compressed format, which is used for digital transmission of fax data and supports 1 bit per pixel; can be viewed by programs such as GIMP and IrfanView.
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-pixmap
- image/g3fax
- Sample
- sample.ppm
- sample.g3
- Wikipedia
- .ppm on Wikipedia
- .g3 on Wikipedia