PBM

PBM — Portable Bitmap

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PBM is the monochrome (black and white) member of the Netpbm family of portable image formats. It stores each pixel as a single bit, making it the simplest possible image format. PBM files can be stored as plain ASCII text or compact binary, useful for scripting and tools.

136 conversions available

✓Common use cases

›Monochrome image processing and analysis
›Fax image storage and conversion
›Scripting and command-line image workflows
›Intermediate format in Netpbm pipelines

★Advantages

›Extremely simple format — no complexity
›Human-readable ASCII variant
›No dependencies — plain text or binary
›Universal support across image tools

⚙Technical details

Strictly 1-bit monochrome; ASCII (P1) or binary (P4) encoding; plain text header; part of the Netpbm suite along with PGM and PPM.

Source format(.pbm)

Target format(.jpg)

Accepted files :.pbm

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Max 25 MB · PBM only

All PBM conversions

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