What is the difference between .tim and .g4?
- Name
- PSX TIM
- Group 4 FAX
- Extension
- .tim
- .g4
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Fax
- Developer
- Sony
- Computer Fax Systems (CFS)
- Description
- Commonly found on PlayStation game consoles as it's used to develop the game software. TIM contains standard RGBA with transparency levels as well as 4,8,16,24, and 32 -bit color. An example of a game that used .tim is the GTA game series.
- Group 4 (G4) used for black and white lossless compression to maintain high-quality images, commonly used in TIFF format compression by fax machines. A picture is seen as black dots and lines on a blank page; the fewer the dots and lines are, the lesser the file size.
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.ptnet.tim
- image/g4fax