What is the difference between .rppm and .png?
- Extension
- .rppm
- .png
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Netpbm
- PNG Development Group
- Description
- The RPPM file format, standing for "Portable Pixmap," is a type of image file designed to store pixmap images in a portable, ASCII text format. It represents color images using a simple, human-readable text format that specifies pixel values with three components: red, green, and blue, allowing for straightforward sharing and manipulation across different systems and software. RPPM files are part of the Netpbm project, which includes various formats for portable grayscale (PGM) and bitmap (PBM) images as well. Due to their simplicity and ASCII base, RPPM files can be larger and less efficient in terms of storage compared to binary image formats, but they offer exceptional compatibility and ease of use for programming and image processing tasks.
- A PNG file is an image file stored in the Portable Network Graphic (PNG) format. It contains a bitmap of indexed colors and uses lossless compression, similar to a .GIF file but without copyright limitations. PNG files are commonly used to store graphics for web images.
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-pixmap
- image/png
- Sample
- sample.png
- Wikipedia
- .rppm on Wikipedia
- .png on Wikipedia