What is the difference between .xwd and .mng?
- Extension
- .xwd
- .mng
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- X Window System
- MNG was developed by Tom Boutell.
- Description
- The XWD (X Windows Dump) image file format is a native graphic format associated with the X Window System, which is a windowing system for bitmap displays commonly used in UNIX and Linux environments. An XWD file is essentially a dump or snapshot of what is being displayed on a screen or part of it at a given moment. It stores image data in an uncompressed form, including the header information that contains details about the image's size, color, and format.
- An extension of the .PNG image format that uses indexed colors and supports image animations; similar to an animated .GIF file, but uses higher compression and features full alpha support (multi-level transparency).
- MIME Type
- image/x-xwindowdump
- video/x-mng
- Sample
- sample.xwd
- sample.mng
- Wikipedia
- .xwd on Wikipedia
- .mng on Wikipedia