What is the difference between .xwd and .png8?
- Extension
- .xwd
- .png8
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- PNG Working Group
- Description
- Uncompressed bitmap image created by the X Windows System, a visual application used to manage networked client-server computers; stores a screenshot, or "screen dump," of a background or window from the application's GUI; created by the xwd client process.
- A PNG file is an image file stored in the Portable Network Graphic (PNG) format. It contains a bitmap of indexed colors and uses lossless compression, similar to a .GIF file but without copyright limitations. PNG files are commonly used to store graphics for web images.
- MIME Type
- image/x-xwindowdump
- image/png
- Sample
- sample.xwd
- sample.png8
- Wikipedia
- .xwd on Wikipedia
- .png8 on Wikipedia