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{{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 [http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml#image registered] at [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]]</ref>
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| released = {{Start date and age|1985}}
| latest release version = 5
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|1991}}
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'''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 stored 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 web | title=Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats, Second Edition
| date=April 1996
| authors=James D. Murray, William vanRyper | isbn= 1-56592-161-5 | publisher=[[O'Reilly Media|O'Reilly]]
| url=http://www.fileformat.info/format/pcx/egff.htm
| accessdate=2014-03-07 }}</ref> ==PCX image formats==
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