What is the difference between .sixel and .heic?
- Extension
- .sixel
- .heic
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- 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.
- An image file format mainly used in storing cell phone photos and they are saved in the High Efficiency Image Format (HEIF). They store one or more images and the metadata description for each image. Also known as .heif files
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.dwg
- image/heic
- Sample
- sample.heic
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia
- .heic on Wikipedia