What is the difference between .wmf and .cgm?
- Extension
- .wmf
- .cgm
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Vector Image
- Vector Image
- Developer
- Microsoft
- World Wide Web Consortium
- Description
- Proprietary Windows graphic format developed by Microsoft; contains a series of drawing operations, including commands for drawing lines, circles, and rectangles; may also contain bitmap drawing operations; used primarily for vector images, but can also include raster graphics.
- Vector graphics format designed to support the needs of many graphics applications; originally used for clip art libraries, but newer revisions (based on the ISO/IEC 8632 standard) are now commonly used for CAD drawings.
- MIME Type
- application/x-msmetafile
- image/cgm
- Sample
- sample.wmf
- sample.cgm
- Wikipedia
- .wmf on Wikipedia
- .cgm on Wikipedia