What is the difference between .tim and .ptiff?
- Extension
- .tim
- .ptiff
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Sony
- Lead Technologies
- 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.
- Ptiff is a type of image file that is created by compressing a TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image using a wavelet-based encoding, known as pyramidal encoding. This type of file can store both lossy and lossless compressed images and is often used for storing large-scale images such as aerial photographs or medical images.
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.ptnet.tim
- image/x-ptiff