What is the difference between .vicar and .heif?
- Extension
- .vicar
- .heif
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Apple
- Description
- Raster image format developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; stores an image that has been taken on a mission by NASA's spacecraft; also contains information that describes the structure and type of data along with a history of processing that has been done to the image.
- Based on HEVC (High-Efficiency Video Coding), the HEIF format is an image file container with one or multiple images and is the default image format for Apple Live Photos. It replaced the JPEG format as it's smaller in size and has lossless compression ensuring high-quality photos.
- MIME Type
- image/x-vicar
- image/heif
- Sample
- sample.vicar
- Wikipedia
- .vicar on Wikipedia
- .heif on Wikipedia