Palm bitmap

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A Palm bitmap file may contain multiple versions (called ''renditions'') of the same image, with different color types.
 
A Palm bitmap file may contain multiple versions (called ''renditions'') of the same image, with different color types.
  
The file (and each rendition) begins with a header. The first 10 bytes of the header are common to all versions. After that, old versions of the format have 6 more header bytes, for a total of 16. Version 3 has 14 more bytes, for a total of 24.
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The file (and each rendition) begins with a header. Old versions have a 16-byte header, while version 3 has a 24-byte header. The first 10 bytes of the header are common to all versions.
  
 
== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==

Revision as of 02:19, 15 October 2013

File Format
Name Palm bitmap
Ontology

Palm bitmap (variously called Palm Pilot Tbmp, Palm Pilot Bitmap, Palm pixmap, etc.) is a raster image file format. It supports a variety of image types and compression schemes.

Format

A Palm bitmap file may contain multiple versions (called renditions) of the same image, with different color types.

The file (and each rendition) begins with a header. Old versions have a 16-byte header, while version 3 has a 24-byte header. The first 10 bytes of the header are common to all versions.

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