What is the difference between .ps and .ras?
- Extension
- .ps
- .ras
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Vector Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- Sun
- Description
- A PS file is an image saved in the PostScript page description language. It may contain vector graphics, raster graphics, and text. PS files can be printed directly by a PostScript printer (i.e., containing a Raster Image Processor) without being opened in an application.
- Originally used on the Sun Microsystems computers, RAS is a raster image format that displays bitmap images. It is popularly used for specific types of research projects and it can be developed in Unix OS as well. It supports 1 and 32-bits per pixel and used RLE compression codec.
- MIME Type
- application/postscript
- image/x-cmu-raster
- Sample
- sample.ps
- Wikipedia
- .ps on Wikipedia
- .ras on Wikipedia