MATHEMATICA IMPORT/EXPORT FORMAT

PCX (.pcx)

Common MIME types: application/pcx, image/pcx
Paintbrush PCX format.
Raster image format.
Legacy format used on Microsoft DOS.
Binary format.
Compresses image data using run-length encoding after restriction to a color map.
Can also store true color raster images.
Developed by ZSoft as part of the PC Paintbrush application.

Import and Export fully support Version 5 of the PCX format.

IMPORT AND EXPORT

Import imports a PCX file, returning an Image object.

Export exports an image, graphics, or any other expression as a raster image to PCX.

When exporting Mathematica graphics or arbitrary expressions to PCX, the resulting image has the same raster size as its displayed form.

Because PCX is a raster image format, all fonts are rasterized on export.

Import imports the specified element from a PCX file.

Import imports a subelement.

Import imports multiple elements.

The import format can be specified with Import["file", "PCX"] or Import.

Export creates a PCX file by treating expr as specifying element elem.

Export treats each as specifying the corresponding .

Export exports expr with the specified option elements taken to have the specified values.

Export uses rules to specify the elements to be exported.

See the reference pages for full general information on Import and Export.

ImportString and ExportString support the PCX format.

ELEMENTS

General Import elements:

	"Elements"	list of elements and options available in this file
	"Rules"	full list of rules for each element and option
	"Options"	list of rules for options, properties, and settings

Data representation elements:

	"Data"	array of color values
	"Graphics"	Graphics object representing an image
	"Image"	raster image, given as an Image object
	"GrayLevels"	array of normalized gray-level values

"RGBColorArray"

array of RGBColor objects

Import and Export by default use the element for PCX files.

Advanced Import elements:

	"BitDepth"	bits used to represent each color channel in the file
	"ColorSpace"	color encoding used in the file
	"ImageSize"	raster dimensions

OPTIONS

General option:

ImageSize

Automatic

overall image size