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PaintBrush (PCX)
The PaintBrush (PCX) file format is a bitmap format originally developed by the ZSoft Corporation for the PC Paintbrush program.
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The File
 Import command lets you place the file as an object in the active image. If you want to open a PCX file as an image, click File Open. |
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PaintBrush (PCX) technical notes | |
Exporting a PCX file
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Bitmaps may be black-and-white, 16 colors, grayscale (8-bit), paletted (8-bit), or RGB color (24-bit).
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Run-length encoding (RLE) compression is supported, and the maximum image size is 64,535 × 64,535 pixels.
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Importing a PCX file
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Bitmaps may be black-and-white, 16 colors, grayscale (8-bit), paletted (8-bit), or RGB color (24-bit).
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These files may contain one, two, or four color planes. Files containing three color planes or more than four color planes cannot be imported.
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