Convert PBM
Netpbm 1-bit bitmap. Every pair below runs in the browser. The file is not uploaded. Video and audio use FFmpeg in WebAssembly, fetched from this origin once, about 30 MB, then cached by the service worker. The clip itself is not part of that download.
This hub is the index, not the workbench. Each conversion is its own URL so a search for “PBM to something” can land on a page that only does that job. The file picker on those pages expects PBM when you are leaving this format, or produces PBM when you are arriving. A generic dropdown still exists under Video convert and Audio convert if you would rather pick the destination after you drop the file.
You can check the same way on every pair: open the network panel, drop a PBM file, convert it. You should see this origin. You shouldn't see a POST of the file. Google Analytics, if it's on, is page views, not your PBM bytes. If a tool needs a server, it isn't on this site.
This site can read it. This site can write it. Engine: ffmpeg.
Convert from PBM
- PBM to JPGThe usual photographic JPEG. No transparency.
- PBM to PNGLossless stills, including transparency.
- PBM to WebPA smaller web still that can keep transparency.
- PBM to AVIFOften smaller than WebP at the same viewing size.
- PBM to BMPUncompressed bitmap. Huge, simple, still used in scanning.
- PBM to ICOWindows icon file. Written here as a single PNG-in-ICO.
- PBM to TIFFCommon in scanning and print. Decoded and written in this tab.
- PBM to TGATarga stills. Handled through the same local FFmpeg build as video.
- PBM to PPMNetpbm colour pixmap. Useful for pipelines and old UNIX tools.
- PBM to PGMNetpbm greyscale. Same local encoder path as PPM.
Convert to PBM
- JPG to PBMThe usual photographic JPEG. No transparency.
- PNG to PBMLossless stills, including transparency.
- WebP to PBMA smaller web still that can keep transparency.
- AVIF to PBMOften smaller than WebP at the same viewing size.
- HEIC to PBMApple's default still format on iPhone.
- BMP to PBMUncompressed bitmap. Huge, simple, still used in scanning.
- ICO to PBMWindows icon file. Written here as a single PNG-in-ICO.
- GIF to PBMThe first frame of a GIF. Animation is not written back.
- SVG to PBMVector markup, rasterized to pixels. I do not trace photos into SVG.
- TIFF to PBMCommon in scanning and print. Decoded and written in this tab.
- TGA to PBMTarga stills. Handled through the same local FFmpeg build as video.
- PPM to PBMNetpbm colour pixmap. Useful for pipelines and old UNIX tools.
- PGM to PBMNetpbm greyscale. Same local encoder path as PPM.
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