What is the difference between .ppm and .svg?
- Extension
- .ppm
- .svg
- Format
- Text
- Text
- Category
- Raster Image
- Vector Image
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- Adobe Systems
- 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 SVG file is a graphics file that uses a two-dimensional vector graphic format created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It describes images using a text format that is based on XML. SVG files are developed as a standard format for displaying vector graphics on the web.
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-pixmap
- image/svg+xml
- Sample
- sample.ppm
- sample.svg
- Wikipedia
- .ppm on Wikipedia
- .svg on Wikipedia