What is the difference between .xbm and .heif?
- Extension
- .xbm
- .heif
- Format
- Text
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- The X Consortium
- Apple
- Description
- Bitmap image used by the X Window System (X11), a graphical user interface (GUI) used to manage networked client-server computers; stores a monochrome image that is written as plain text in the C programming language.
- 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-xbitmap
- image/heif
- Sample
- sample.xbm
- Wikipedia
- .xbm on Wikipedia
- .heif on Wikipedia