What is the difference between .tim and .sixel?
- Extension
- .tim
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Sony
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- 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.
- 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.
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.ptnet.tim
- image/vnd.dwg
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia