What is the difference between .ppm and .pcd?
- Extension
- .ppm
- .pcd
- Format
- Text
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- Kodak
- 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.
- This format was developed by Kodak in order to store images on optical or other media. It is used as a format for archiving scanned documents on Kodak devices. It encodes images in 24-bit color and supports resolutions of up to 6144x4096 pixels.
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-pixmap
- image/x-photo-cd
- Sample
- sample.ppm
- sample.pcd
- Wikipedia
- .ppm on Wikipedia
- .pcd on Wikipedia