What is the difference between .xwd and .ppm?
- Extension
- .xwd
- .ppm
- Format
- Binary
- Text
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- X Window System
- Jef Poskanzer
- 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.
- A PPM file is a 24-bit color image formatted using a text format. It stores each pixel with a number from 0 to 65536, which specifies the color of the pixel. PPM files also store the image height and width, whitespace data, and the maximum color value.
- MIME Type
- image/x-xwindowdump
- image/x-portable-pixmap
- Sample
- sample.xwd
- sample.ppm
- Wikipedia
- .xwd on Wikipedia
- .ppm on Wikipedia