PDD Converter

Convert PhotoDeluxe images (PDD) online for free


Drop or upload your .PDD file

How to convert your PDD file

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

Convert PDD to another file type

The converter easily converts your PDD images to various formats - free and online. No Adobe Photoshop or or other Raster Image software needed.

  • PDD to JPEG
  • PDD to JPG
  • PDD to PDF
  • PDD to PNG
  • PDD to GIF
  • PDD to BMP
  • PDD to TIFF
  • PDD to TIF
  • PDD to ICO
  • PDD to PBM
  • PDD to FITS
  • PDD to RL8

Convert a file to PDD

To convert other file formats to the "PhotoDeluxe Image" file type, you need software like Adobe Photoshop or a similar tool.


About PDD files

The .PDD file extension is most commonly associated with Adobe PhotoDeluxe, a discontinued consumer-level photo editing software popular in the late 1990s. Under the hood, these files use the exact same internal architecture as the professional PSD format. Other uncommon uses include Cardiac Device Data files generated by Medtronic SmartSync and Diagram Files by Allround Automations PL/SQL Developer. The main disadvantage of the .PDD image format is its obsolescence. Adobe PhotoDeluxe was replaced decades ago. As a proprietary and legacy format, .PDD files are entirely unsupported by modern web browsers, mobile devices, and standard image viewers. Because they contain uncompressed layered data, the file sizes are often unnecessarily large. Attempting to open one locally usually requires a paid subscription to Adobe Photoshop. If you need to recover old photos trapped in this format, conversion is mandatory. For web sharing or social media, convert to JPG or WebP but note that all image layers will be flattened. If you need to continue editing the layers in modern software, convert it to a standard PSD or TIFF. For safe, long-term archiving, use .PDF/A. Drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.

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

Users also converted PPD, PSD, PDF, PDD COPY, JPG, WEBP, DOC, FPX, JPEG, MIX, ZIP, TSX and SIG files.


FAQ

If you want to convert PDD file to TMR, WEBP or CUR, you can use Adobe Photoshop or similar software from the "Raster Image Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to PDD, try Adobe Photoshop or another comparable tool in the "Raster Image Storage" category.



The PDD 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 PDD converter.