Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CARD file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert CARD to another file type
To convert CARD ID badge designs to another format, you need CardPresso or other Page Layout software.
Convert a file to CARD
To convert other file formats to the "ID Card Design File" file type, you need software like CardPresso or a similar tool.
About CARD files
A .card file is primarily an ID card design file utilized by specialized credential software like CardPresso, Pointman, and DRPU Card Designer. These files store badge dimensions, graphic layouts, employee photo placeholders, and database connection parameters for batch printing security passes. Less frequently, the .card extension is used by fan-made clash Royale card creators to store custom game statistics and artwork. The major disadvantage of the .card format is its proprietary nature. It is tied to specific, often expensive, commercial ID printing software. Users without an active subscription or the original software cannot open, view, or edit these files. The format is not supported by standard web browsers, document viewers, or basic image editors. Because the layout rendering engine is proprietary, standard online converters usually fail to process it. Users typically need to convert .card files to standard formats like PDF, JPG, or PNG to share badge proofs with clients or print them using standard consumer printers. This file format is difficult to open or convert because it is a closed container. Often only the original software can properly read or export the data. However, our analysis shows that about 78% of .card files use an underlying ZIP structure, while others use UTF-8 text or Microsoft Compound formatting. We can inspect the file, extract embedded assets like PNG logos or employee photos, and show internal XML text instructions even if perfect visual conversion is blocked by the proprietary engine.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CARD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert CARD file to MONEY, DATA or PDF, you can use CardPresso or similar software from the "ID Card Design Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to CARD, try CardPresso or another comparable tool in the "ID Card Design Storage" category.
The CARD Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our CARD converter.