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PCX File - What is a .pcx file and how do I open it?
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What is a PCX file? Raster image format developed by ZSoft; became one of the original bitmap image formats for the DOS/Windows platform; supports 24-bit color images, 8-bit grayscale and indexed color images, and 1-bit black and white images; compressed using RLE encoding.
More Information The PCX file format has mostly been replaced by newer image formats, but is still used by some fax and scanning applications. Multi-page PCX fax documents use the .DCX extension.
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What is a PCX file?
Raster image format developed by ZSoft; became one of the original bitmap image formats for the DOS/Windows platform; supports 24-bit color images, 8-bit grayscale and indexed color images, and 1-bit black and white images; compressed using RLE encoding.
More Information
The PCX file format has mostly been replaced by newer image formats, but is still used by some fax and scanning applications. Multi-page PCX fax documents use the .DCX extension.
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Corel Presentations 2021
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Canvas GFX Canvas X Pro
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ACD Systems ACDSee Photo Studio
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IrfanView
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Adobe Photoshop 2025
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GIMP
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Category: Raster Image Files
Updated: December 18, 2018