What is the difference between .ppm and .heic?
- Extension
- .ppm
- .heic
- Format
- Text
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- 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.
- An image file format mainly used in storing cell phone photos and they are saved in the High Efficiency Image Format (HEIF). They store one or more images and the metadata description for each image. Also known as .heif files
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-pixmap
- image/heic
- Sample
- sample.ppm
- sample.heic
- Wikipedia
- .ppm on Wikipedia
- .heic on Wikipedia