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What is PPM?
Full name
Portable Pixmap Format
Format type
Image
Developed by
Jef Poskanzer
Description
PPM, as well as other formats within the Netpbm project like PGM and PBM, was created to easily exchange graphic files between different platforms in the 1980s.
File extension
.ppm
Technical details
The format supports over 16 mln colors. It uses 24 bits per pixel: 8 pixels for red, green, and blue each, unlike the other two formats in the bunch (PBM being a black and white one and PGM containing grayscale images).
Associated programs
Apple Preview, GIMP, ImageMagick, Canvas GFX Canvas X Pro, ACD Systems ACDSee Photo Studio, LibreOffice
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