SOME COMMONLY USED IMAGE FORMATS
BIN
- raw data, no header
- user must incorporate header information for applications.
PPM
- PBM (binary), PGM (gray-scale), PPM (color), PNM (handles all of the above)
- headers consist of ‘magic number’ for file type, image width, image height, number of bands, and, maximum brightness which determines required number of bits/pixel