- Extension
- .ppma
- .ora
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- The OpenRaster Image File format was created by the OpenRaster project.
- Description
- The PPMA file format, also known as Portable Bitmap, is a plain text format used for representing bitmap images. This format is a part of the Netpbm suite, which includes various formats for portable grayscale, color, and bitmap images. PPMA files specifically store color images using ASCII text to describe the width, height, maximum color value, and the pixel values in terms of red, green, and blue components. It is designed for simplicity and ease of transfer between different computer systems, though the ASCII representation makes it less efficient in terms of file size compared to binary image formats.
- Image file saved in the OpenRaster format, and open raster graphics format that supports multiple layers; supports multiple layers and contains both image data and metadata, including XMP and EXIF tags.
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-pixmap
- image/openraster