PCX Converter

Convert PC Paintbrush images (PCX) online for free


Drop or upload your .PCX file
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How to convert your PCX file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PCX file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert PCX to another file type

The converter easily converts your PCX images to various formats - free and online. No PaintShop Pro or or other Raster Image software needed.

  • PCX to JPG
  • PCX to PNG
  • PCX to PDF
  • PCX to BMP
  • PCX to TIFF
  • PCX to GIF
  • PCX to TIF
  • PCX to WEBP
  • PCX to ICO
  • PCX to BMP2
  • PCX to EXR
  • PCX to PPMA

Convert a file to PCX

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Legacy Bitmap Image" formats to PCX without using software like PaintShop Pro or a similar tool.

  • RAW to PCX
  • PNG to PCX
  • AI to PCX
  • NEF to PCX
  • PSB to PCX
  • DNG to PCX
  • SVG to PCX
  • GIF to PCX
  • EPS to PCX
  • JPG to PCX
  • ARW to PCX
  • PDF to PCX

About PCX files

The .PCX (Picture Exchange) file is a legacy raster image format originally created by ZSoft Corporation for its PC Paintbrush software in the 1980s. It was one of the first widely adopted image standards for DOS systems. While the original software is defunct, these files can still be opened by legacy support in programs like PaintShop Pro, GIMP, or IrfanView. Read more about its history on Wikipedia.

Today, the .PCX format is highly impractical. It relies on an outdated Run-Length Encoding (RLE) scheme that is heavily inefficient for modern, high-resolution graphics. Most web browsers, mobile devices, and default operating system image viewers cannot open .PCX files natively. Keeping historical or game asset images in this format risks data lock-in and limits basic accessibility.

To use these images today, you must convert them. For web compatibility and archiving lossless quality, convert to PNG. For smaller file sizes suitable for sharing over email, convert to JPG. For modern web delivery, convert to WEBP. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing outdated software.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PCX file.

Users also converted CPX, PXC, LBM, DCX, PFX, JPG, PCF, PSD, PDF, JPEG, DCM, PPM and TIF files.


FAQ

If you want to convert PCX file to PFX, GRF or CUR, you can use PaintShop Pro or similar software from the "Legacy Bitmap Image Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to PCX, try PaintShop Pro or another comparable tool in the "Legacy Bitmap Image Storage" category.



The PCX 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 PCX converter.