Raster Image Files

Developed by Adobe Systems and introduced in 2019, PSDC file format is an Adobe Photoshop saved on the cloud. The Photoshop Document Cloud (PSDC) extension comprises an image having the same form but as a PSD file instead. It stores the picture on the cloud using the Adobe Cloud Document system. It allows users to […]

Developed by Corel, the PSP file extension is a native to the PaintShop Pro. The software is similar to Adobe Photoshop. The latter one uses the PSD format, whereas the former one employs the PSP file extension. Even though both the software are quite similar in terms of feature and usage, the one from Corel […]

Developed by Walt Disney Animation Studios in the late 2000s, PTEX file extension finds its use in the Ptex software. The program is a texture mapping system that renders animations in movies and advertisements. A PTEX file contains numerous textures and minimaps and data that aids in filtering the index blocks correctly. A PTEX files […]

Imagination Technologies developed the PVR file extension, which stores texture files. Sega Dreamcast uses the format as a storehouse of compressed texture data optimized for PowerVR graphics system. These helped render low-level graphics in devices which had smaller screens and came with limited hardware capabilities. Users can convert these files into other formats as per […]

PGM files, also known as Portable Graymap, is a grayscale image and is one amongst the many defined in the Netpbm project. Users can store these images in two forms, either in plain text or binary. Plain text format can contain only one picture, whereas the binary PGMs can hold multiple ones. You can differentiate […]

The PISKEL file format is a native to the Piskel software, an online desktop and web software that allows users to create static and animated pixel arts and sprites. It belongs to the raster image category and contains a graphic, which includes the file as well as its model version, frames per second, layers, height […]

A PJPEG extension refers to a unique image that has been created in the Progressive JPEG format. It uses a unique encoding mechanism which allows the bitmap image first to appear blurry and then sharpen as the time progresses. It may also appear as alternating horizontal lines which appear to complete the picture. These files […]

A PJPG file is a binary map stored in the Progressive JPEG format. These are different from the general JPEGs as they use a different encoding procedure that gives them a special effect. PJPGs appear hazy at first and progressively become sharper. It may also contain horizontal lines which appear until you get to see […]

PM file extension belongs to the raster group of images and is a bitmap image generated by John Bradley’s Unix program, XV. IBM has developed the file format. The XV software displays and modifies digital image using the X Window System. It has seen no updates since December 1994, and there are only patches which […]

A format created in 1995, PNG or Portable Network Graphics file is a bitmap compressed using a lossless compression technique. It is far superior to its closest competitor GIF due to the presence of the following characteristics – 16.7 million colors True color Grayscale Streamable transparency Index color When it first came into the scene, […]