What is the difference between .sixel and .jif?
- Extension
- .sixel
- .jif
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- JPEG 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.
- It is a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) creation that is based on 24-bit color pallette and uses a lossy compression algorithm for digital photography.
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.dwg
- image/jpeg
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia
- .jif on Wikipedia