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MediaWiki at a glance
MediaWiki
MediaWiki and its wikitext syntax grew out of the Wikimedia movement and became one of the most visible markup ecosystems on the web because it powers Wikipedia and many other community and enterprise wikis.
PFM Raw at a glance
PFM Raw
PFM persists from the era when HDR imaging, rendering research, and tone-mapping workflows needed straightforward file carriers for floating-point image data long before mainstream consumer HDR delivery formats matured.
Format comparison
| Feature | MediaWiki | PFM Raw |
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| File type | Document | Image |
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| Created year | 2002 | 1998 |
| Inventor | Magnus Manske, Lee Daniel Crocker (MediaWiki developers) | PBRT / Paul Debevec community |
| Status | active | active |
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| Vector scaling | Not supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use MediaWiki
- Your source file is already in MediaWiki.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to PFM Raw.
- MediaWiki is commonly used in document workflows.
When to use PFM Raw
- Your target workflow expects PFM Raw.
- Improve delivery compatibility with PFM Raw.
- PFM Raw is commonly used in image workflows.
FAQs
Why convert MediaWiki to PFM Raw?
Convert to PFM raw when HDR rendering, tone-mapping, or scientific-imaging workflows need floating-point pixel values to survive intact between tools.
It is especially useful as an intermediate format for graphics research, physically based rendering, and analytical image-processing pipelines that operate on scene-referred data.
What changes when converting MediaWiki to PFM Raw?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
What should I review after converting MediaWiki to PFM Raw?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.