What is the difference between .rgb and .sixel?
- Extension
- .rgb
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- SGI
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- Color bitmap image format created by Silicon Graphics (SGI); generic format used for saving RGB color images on SGI workstations; recognized by various image viewing programs.
- Created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- MIME Type
- image/x-rgb
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.rgb
- Wikipedia
- .rgb on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia