Alias PIX

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== Overview ==
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'''Alias PIX''' is a raster image file format. It uses [[Run-length encoding|RLE]] compression, and supports truecolor and grayscale images.
'''Alias PIX''' ('''PIX''') is a raster image file format. It uses [[Run-length encoding|RLE]] compression, and supports truecolor and grayscale images.
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The truecolor variety is also known as [[Vivid IMG]]. See [[Vivid IMG]] for more information relevant to Alias PIX.
  
 
== Disambiguation ==
 
== Disambiguation ==
ImageMagick names the PIX format '''Alias/Wavefront RLE image format'''. This is potentially confusing, because a different format, [[RLA]], is also associated with Alias|Wavefront, and also uses RLE compression.
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ImageMagick calls Alias PIX '''Alias/Wavefront RLE image format'''. This is potentially confusing, because a different format, [[RLA]], is also associated with Alias|Wavefront, and also uses RLE compression.
  
 
== Format ==
 
== Format ==
A PIX file has a 10 byte header, followed by the pixel data.
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An Alias PIX file has a 10 byte header, followed by the pixel data.
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
* [http://www.imagemagick.org/ ImageMagick] (format named "PIX"; read-only)
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* [[ImageMagick]] (format named "PIX"; read-only)
  
 
== Resources ==
 
== Resources ==
 
* [http://www.martinreddy.net/gfx/2d/PIX.txt Alias PIX File Format Information]
 
* [http://www.martinreddy.net/gfx/2d/PIX.txt Alias PIX File Format Information]

Revision as of 22:19, 17 May 2015

File Format
Name Alias PIX
Ontology
Extension(s) .img, .als, .pix

Alias PIX is a raster image file format. It uses RLE compression, and supports truecolor and grayscale images.

The truecolor variety is also known as Vivid IMG. See Vivid IMG for more information relevant to Alias PIX.

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Disambiguation

ImageMagick calls Alias PIX Alias/Wavefront RLE image format. This is potentially confusing, because a different format, RLA, is also associated with Alias|Wavefront, and also uses RLE compression.

Format

An Alias PIX file has a 10 byte header, followed by the pixel data.

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