What is the difference between .sixel and .rgba?
- Extension
- .sixel
- .rgba
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- SGI
- 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 RGBA file is a color bitmap image format created by Silicon Graphics (SGI). It is similar to the .RGB file as it supports color RGB channels with an alpha channel.
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.dwg
- image/x-rgb
- Sample
- sample.rgba
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia
- .rgba on Wikipedia