What is the difference between .ptiff and .sun?
- Extension
- .ptiff
- .sun
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Lead Technologies
- Sun Microsystems
- Description
- Ptiff is a type of image file that is created by compressing a TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image using a wavelet-based encoding, known as pyramidal encoding. This type of file can store both lossy and lossless compressed images and is often used for storing large-scale images such as aerial photographs or medical images.
- Bitmap image generated by a Sun Microsystems workstation; native graphic format used by the Sun Unix operating system; uses a standard image format that can be read by several graphics programs.
- MIME Type
- image/x-ptiff
- image/x-sun-raster
- Sample
- sample.sun
- Wikipedia
- .sun on Wikipedia