.PCX File Extension

Paintbrush Bitmap Image File

Developer ZSoft
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What is a PCX file?

Raster image format developed by ZSoft; became one of the original bitmap image formats for the DOS/Windows platform; supports 24-bit color images, 8-bit grayscale and indexed color images, and 1-bit black and white images; compressed using RLE encoding.

More Information

The PCX file format has mostly been replaced by newer image formats, but is still used by some fax and scanning applications. Multi-page PCX fax documents use the .DCX extension.

Programs that open PCX files

Windows
File Viewer Plus  —  Get it from Microsoft
Free+
Adobe Photoshop 2025
Free Trial
Adobe Illustrator 2025
Free Trial
Corel PaintShop Pro 2023
Free Trial
Corel Presentations 2021
Free Trial
Canvas GFX Canvas X Pro
Free Trial
ACD Systems ACDSee Photo Studio
Free Trial
GIMP
Free
IrfanView
Free
Mac
Adobe Photoshop 2025
Free Trial
Adobe Illustrator 2025
Free Trial
Planamesa NeoOffice  —  Discontinued
GIMP
Free
Linux
GIMP
Free
Web
FileHelper.com
Free
Android
File Viewer for Android
Free+

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