| 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 It has since been superseded by other image formats such as png, giff and jpeg.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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Useful links |
More Information on PCX file format
Convert PCX file |
