Editing PCX (section)

{{short description|Image file format}}
{{about|the image file format|the stock exchange|Pacific Exchange|the motorcycle|Honda PCX|}}
{{Infobox file format
| name                   = PCX
| extension              = .pcx
| _nomimecode            = y
| mime                   = <code>image/vnd.zbrush.pcx</code>, <code>image/x-pcx</code> (deprecated)<ref name="iana">.pcx [[MIME]] type not [https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml#image registered] at [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]]</ref>
| owner                  = ZSoft Corporation
| creatorcode            =
| type                   = [[Lossless data compression|Lossless]] [[bitmap]] [[graphics file format|image format]]
| released               = {{Start date and age|1985}}
| latest release version = 5
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|1991}}
| container for          =
| contained by           =
| extended from          =
| extended to            =
}}
'''PCX''', standing for ''PiCture eXchange'', is an [[graphics file formats|image file format]] developed by the now-defunct ZSoft Corporation of [[Marietta, Georgia]], [[United States]]. It was the native file format for [[PC Paintbrush]] and became one of the first widely accepted [[MS-DOS|DOS]] imaging standards, although it has since been succeeded by more sophisticated image formats, such as [[BMP file format|BMP]], [[JPEG]], and [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]]. PCX files commonly store palette-indexed images ranging from 2 or 4 colors to 16 and 256 colors, although the format has been extended to record true-color (24-bit) images as well.<ref name="pcx">
{{cite book
 | title=Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats, Second Edition
 | date=April 1996
 | author1=James D. Murray
 | author2=William vanRyper
 | isbn=1-56592-161-5
 | publisher=[[O'Reilly Media|O'Reilly]]
 | url=https://archive.org/details/mac_Graphics_File_Formats_Second_Edition_1996
 | access-date=2014-03-07
 | url-access=registration
 }}</ref>