IM: PCX - ZSoft Picture

IM - An Imaging Tool

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PCX - ZSoft Picture
[File Formats]

Description

Copyright ZSoft Corporation.
ZSoft (1988) PCX Technical Reference Manual.
Internal Implementation.

Features

    Data Types: Byte
    Color Spaces: RGB, MAP and Binary (Gray saved as MAP)
    Compressions: 
      NONE - no compression 
      RLE  - Run Lenght Encoding [default - since uncompressed PCX is not well supported]
    Only one image.
    No alpha channel.
    Internally the components are always packed.
    Internally the lines are arranged from top down to bottom.
 
    Attributes:
      ResolutionUnit (string) ["DPC", "DPI"]
      XResolution, YResolution IM_FLOAT (1)
      XScreen, YScreen IM_USHORT (1) screen position

    Comments:
      Reads Versions 0-5, but writes Version 5 always.


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