What is the difference between .ppm and .pam?
- Extension
- .ppm
- .pam
- Format
- Text
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- Bryan Henderson
- 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.
- The PAM image format is a lowest common denominator 2 dimensional map format. It is designed to be used for any of myriad kinds of graphics, but can theoretically be used for any kind of data that is arranged as a two dimensional rectangular array.
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-pixmap
- image/x-portable-arbitrarymap[3]
- Sample
- sample.ppm
- sample.pam
- Wikipedia
- .ppm on Wikipedia
- .pam on Wikipedia