What is the difference between .sixel and .g3?
- Extension
- .sixel
- .g3
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Fax
- Developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- CCITT
- Description
- 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.
- Fax image created in the CCITT Group 3 compressed format, which is used for digital transmission of fax data and supports 1 bit per pixel; can be viewed by programs such as GIMP and IrfanView.
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.dwg
- image/g3fax
- Sample
- sample.g3
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia
- .g3 on Wikipedia