| File Extension | PPM |
|---|---|
| Category | Image File |
| Technical Details | A .ppm extension file comprises of two parts which include the header and the image related data. The header, in turn, is distributed into three parts that are demarcated by line feeds. The first line comprises of the magical PPM identifier which can either be P3 for the ASCII version or P6 for the binary version, and the next line has the image's height and width displayed in ASCII characters and the last line indicates the maximum color value of the pixels. The image data formatting is dependent on the magical identifier, given in the first line of the header. Each pixel consists of 3 decimal values ranging from 0 to the specified maximum value written in ASCII characters. The 0 in the decimal values denotes that the color is not present or is turned off and the maximum value denotes that the color is at its maximum level. Conventionally the image data is stored in a left to right and top to bottom order with each pixel being stored as a byte. The usual RGB (Red ñ Green ñ Blue) order is followed to store the components. |
| Associated Programs | Adobe Photoshop File Viewer Plus Corel PaintShop Pro GIMP |
FreeFileConvert supports converting PPM files into 78 different formats. Select your desired conversion from the table below to get started. All conversions are performed online and require no software installation.
| Convert from PPM | Conversion | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | PPM BMP Recommended Bitmap Image File | |
| 1 | PPM CCX Deprecated Click & Create Extension | — |
| 2 | PPM CDR Experimental CorelDRAW Image File | — |
| 3 | PPM CGM Deprecated Computer Graphics Metafile | — |
| 4 | PPM CUR Deprecated Windows Cursor | — |
| 5 | PPM EMF Enhanced Windows Metafile | — |
| 6 | PPM EPDF Encapsulated PDF | — |
| 7 | PPM EPI Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format | — |
| 8 | PPM EPS Recommended Stable Encapsulated PostScript File | |
| 9 | PPM EXR High Dynamic-range (HDR) | — |
| 10 | PPM FAX Deprecated Fax Document | — |
| 11 | PPM FIG Xfig Drawing | — |
| 12 | PPM FODG Deprecated Flat ODF Drawing | — |
| 13 | PPM FTS Full Text Search | — |
| 14 | PPM G3 Group 3 FAX | — |
| 15 | PPM GIF Recommended Graphical Interchange Format File | — |
| 16 | PPM HDR High Dynamic Range Image File | — |
| 17 | PPM HRZ Deprecated Slow-scan TV Image | — |
| 18 | PPM HTML Hypertext Markup Language File | — |
| 19 | PPM ICO Icon File | — |
| 20 | PPM IPL Deprecated IPL Image Sequence | — |
| 21 | PPM JP2 JPEG 2000 Core Image File | — |
| 22 | PPM JPEG Recommended Stable JPEG Image File | |
| 23 | PPM JPG Recommended Stable JPG Image File | |
| 24 | PPM MAP Bitmap Color Map | — |
| 25 | PPM MNG Deprecated Multiple-image Network Graphics | — |
| 26 | PPM MTV Deprecated MTV Raytracing image format | — |
| 27 | PPM ODD OpenDocument Drawing | — |
| 28 | PPM OTB Deprecated Over The Air Bitmap | — |
| 29 | PPM OTG Deprecated ODF Graphics Template | — |
| 30 | PPM PAL Experimental Color Palette | — |
| 31 | PPM PALM Deprecated Palm Bitmap | — |
| 32 | PPM PAM Common 2-dimensional bitmap format | — |
| 33 | PPM PBM Recommended Portable Bitmap Image | — |
| 34 | PPM PCD Kodak Photo CD Image File | — |
| 35 | PPM PCT Deprecated Picture File | — |
| 36 | PPM PCX Paintbrush Bitmap Image File | — |
| 37 | PPM PDB Program Database | — |
| 38 | PPM PDF Recommended Stable Portable Document Format File | — |
| 39 | PPM PFM Portable Float Map | — |
| 40 | PPM PGM Recommended Stable Portable Gray Map Image | — |
| 41 | PPM PICON Deprecated Personal Icon | — |
| 42 | PPM PICT Apple PICT Image | — |
| 43 | PPM PLT Deprecated AutoCAD Plotter Document | — |
| 44 | PPM PNG Recommended Stable Portable Network Graphic | |
| 45 | PPM PNM Portable Anymap | — |
| 46 | PPM PS PostScript File | — |
| 47 | PPM PSD Photoshop Document | — |
| 48 | PPM RAS Deprecated Remedy Archive System File | — |
| 49 | PPM RGB Silicon Graphics RGB | — |
| 50 | PPM RGBA Raw RGBA Image | — |
| 51 | PPM RGBO Deprecated Raw RGBO Image | — |
| 52 | PPM SGI Deprecated Silicon Graphics Image File | — |
| 53 | PPM SK Deprecated Sketch/Skencil Format | — |
| 54 | PPM SK1 Deprecated sK1 Vector Graphics | — |
| 55 | PPM STD Deprecated StarDraw Template | — |
| 56 | PPM SUN Deprecated Sun Raster Image | — |
| 57 | PPM SVG Recommended Stable Scalable Vector Graphics | — |
| 58 | PPM SVGZ Compressed Scalable Vector Graphics | — |
| 59 | PPM SVM Deprecated StarView Metafile | — |
| 60 | PPM SWF Unstable Shockwave Flash Movie | — |
| 61 | PPM SXD Deprecated OpenOffice.org Drawing | — |
| 62 | PPM SXW Experimental StarOffice Writer Text Document | — |
| 63 | PPM TGA Recommended Stable Targa Graphic | — |
| 64 | PPM TIFF Recommended Stable Tagged Image File Format | |
| 65 | PPM UYVY 16bit/pixel interleaved YUV | — |
| 66 | PPM VIFF Deprecated Visualization Image File Format | — |
| 67 | PPM VOR Deprecated StarOffice Template | — |
| 68 | PPM WBMP Deprecated Wireless Bitmap Image File | — |
| 69 | PPM WMF Windows Metafile | — |
| 70 | PPM XBM Deprecated X11 Bitmap | — |
| 71 | PPM XHTML XHTML Document | — |
| 72 | PPM XPM X PixMap | — |
| 73 | PPM XV Deprecated Khoros Visualization Image | — |
| 74 | PPM XWD Deprecated X Windows Dump | — |
| 75 | PPM YUV YUV Video Frame | — |