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PNG (Image)
| File extension | .png |
| Category | Image File |
| Description | PNG pronounced ping is a format for storing bitmapped (raster) images on computers. It was created originally to replace the GIF file format when it was announced that the companies who created the GIF format wanted royalties. PNG uses indexed colors and lossless compression (like a .GIF file), but without those copyright limitations; it cannot be animated like a GIF image. |
| Actions | PNG to PCX - Convert file now View other image file formats |
| Technical Details | PNG images are in many ways better than .GIF as they also include an 8-bit transparency channel, which allows the colors in the image to fade from opaque to transparent; GIF images only support fully opaque or fully transparent pixels. PNG supports palettes of 24-bit RGB colors, RGB images or greyscale or RGB images. PNG was intended to be able to transfer images on the Internet, not professional graphics, and so does not support other colour spaces (such as CMYK). |
| Associated programs | Apple Preview Corel Paint Shop Pro GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program (LINUX) Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery Viewer Safari |
| Developed by | PNG Development Group |
| MIME type | image/png |
| Useful links | Further information on PNG Files How can I open a PNG file ? PNG Converter |
PCX (Image)
| File extension | .pcx |
| Category | Image File |
| Description | The .pcx file extension was developed in the 1980s by the ZSoft Corporation. It has since been superseded by other image formats such as png, giff and jpeg. The file type is used rarely at present, however certain scanning devices still output to the .pcx format. |
| Actions | PCX Converter View other image file formats |
| Technical Details | The PCX format was one of the first common bitmap image formats. A PCX file comprises of three elements: the header, image data and the 256 colour palette. PCX utiises a lossless compression technique. The compression technique used is not processor intensive which was an advantage at the time of development due to the relatively limited processing power of hardware in the 1980s. |
| Associated programs | Adobe Photoshop Microsoft Paint Windows Picture and Fax Viewer |
| Developed by | ZSoft Corporation |
| MIME type | application/pcx application/x-pcx image/pcx image/x-pc-paintbrush image/x-pcx zz-application/zz-winassoc-pcx |
| Useful links | More Information on PCX file format PCX Converter |
Convert PNG file
Using Zamzar it is possible to convert PNG files to a variety of other formats
- png to bmp (Windows bitmap)
- png to doc (Microsoft Word Document)
- png to docx (Microsoft Word 2007 Document)
- png to gif (Compuserve graphics interchange)
- png to ico (Windows Icon)
- png to jpg (JPEG compliant image)
- png to pcx (Paintbrush Bitmap Image)
- png to pdf (Portable Document Format)
- png to ps (PostScript)
- png to tga (Truevision Targa Graphic)
- png to thumbnail (Thumbnail image)
- png to tiff (Tagged image file format)
- png to wbmp (Wireless Bitmap File Format)
- png to webp (Lossily compressed image file)
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