What is the difference between .xpm and .ras?
- Extension
- .xpm
- .ras
- Format
- Text
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- X Consortium
- Sun
- Description
- The XPM (X11 Pixmap Graphic) file format is a plain text file format used to store pixmap images, which are pixel-based graphics. It is designed for use with the X Window System, commonly used in Unix and Linux environments. XPM files define images in a structured format, using ASCII text to describe each pixel's color and location within the image. This format supports both monochrome and color images and allows for the definition of custom color palettes.
- Originally used on the Sun Microsystems computers, RAS is a raster image format that displays bitmap images. It is popularly used for specific types of research projects and it can be developed in Unix OS as well. It supports 1 and 32-bits per pixel and used RLE compression codec.
- MIME Type
- image/x-xbitmap
- image/x-cmu-raster
- Sample
- sample.xpm
- Wikipedia
- .xpm on Wikipedia
- .ras on Wikipedia