History of Picture Exchange, aka, PC Paintbrush

Last update Oct. 3^rd 2021 4:06:49 PM

Creation date Mar. 13^th 2016 5:38:40 PM

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  _wb_ on Oct. 3^rd 2021 4:06:49 PMReport

  Raster image

  yes

  Vector graphics

  no

  Year

  1985 (version 1)
  1991 (version 5)

  Maximum bit depth

  8-bit

  Maximum number of channels

  4

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  _wb_ on Oct. 3^rd 2021 10:53:07 AMReport

  CMYK support (for print)

  no

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  Alexis on Sep. 21^st 2020 9:42:55 PMReport

  Microsoft Edge

  no

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  Alexis on Sep. 21^st 2020 9:19:54 PMReport

  HDR

  no

  Transparency support

  yes

  Layers support

  no

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  Bre Wight on Mar. 13^th 2016 6:17:08 PMReport

  Commonly used for

  with Paintbrush software
  Mainly in the MS-DOS world. It is mainly an exchange and storage format

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  Bre Wight on Mar. 13^th 2016 6:01:28 PMReport

  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

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  Bre Wight on Mar. 13^th 2016 5:38:40 PMReport

  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