What is the difference between .sid and .sixel?
- Extension
- .sid
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Extensis
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- Image created using Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID) compression, which was developed by Extensis for compressing large images; commonly used to partition and store large Geographic Information Systems (GIS) images.
- 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-mrsid
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.sid
- Wikipedia
- .sid on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia