What is the difference between .wdp and .sixel?
- Extension
- .wdp
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- Compressed raster image format developed by Microsoft; similar to the .JPG format, but uses a higher degree of compression and supports both lossy and lossless compression; used primarily for high-resolution digital photographs; can be used with several Microsoft products including Windows Photo Viewer, Windows Live Movie Maker (WLMM), and Microsoft Word.
- 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.ms-photo
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.wdp
- Wikipedia
- .wdp on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia