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History of Picture Exchange, aka, PC Paintbrush
Last update 2021-10-03 16:06:49 
Creation date 2016-03-13 17:38:40 
Creation date 2016-03-13 17:38:40 - Posted 2021-10-03 10:53:07 by _wb_
Posted 2020-09-21 21:42:55 by Alexis- Posted 2020-09-21 21:19:54 by Alexis
- Commonly used for
- with Paintbrush software
Mainly in the MS-DOS world. It is mainly an exchange and storage format
Posted 2016-03-13 18:17:08 by Bre Wight- Pros
- Image information retained
Good quality image - Cons
- Large file format
PC compatible only and older PCX versions only support 256 colours. - Commonly used for
- with Paintbrush software
- Animation support
- no
- Name
- Picture Exchange, aka, PC Paintbrush
Posted 2016-03-13 18:01:28 by Bre Wight- Mode
- 70
- Name
- Picture Exchange
- Viewer
- public
- Editor
- bre-wight-38fj33w9
- Category
- practical
- Short name
- PCX
- Description
- PCX, standing for PiCture eXchange, was the native file format for PC Paintbrush and became one of the first widely accepted DOS imaging standards, although it has since been succeeded by more sophisticated image formats.
- Developed by
- ZSoft Corporation
- Lossless
- yes
- File extensions
- .pcx
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCX
- Internet Explorer
- no
- Firefox
- no
- Opera
- no
- Safari
- no
- Google Chrome
- no
Posted 2016-03-13 17:38:40 by Bre Wight
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1991 (version 5)