Name | Picture Exchange, aka, PC Paintbrush |
|---|---|
| Short name | PCX |
| Developed by | ZSoft Corporation |
| Year | 1985 (version 1) 1991 (version 5) |
| Pros | Image information retained Good quality image |
| Cons | Large file format PC compatible only and older PCX versions only support 256 colours. |
| Features | |
| Vector graphics | No |
| Raster image | Yes |
| Lossless | Yes |
| Animation support | No |
| Transparency support | Yes |
| Layers support | No |
| HDR | No |
| Maximum bit depth | 8-bit |
| CMYK support (for print) | No |
| Maximum number of channels | 4 |
| Commonly used for | with Paintbrush software Mainly in the MS-DOS world. It is mainly an exchange and storage format |
| Browser support (without plugin) | |
| Google Chrome | No |
| Microsoft Edge | No |
| Safari | No |
| Firefox | No |
| Opera | No |
| Internet Explorer | No |
| Additional | |
| File extensions | .pcx |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia.org/... |
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