Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PES file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert PES to another file type
The converter easily converts your PES embroidery files to various formats - free and online. No Brother PE-Design or other Data software needed.
PES to SVG
PES to PNG
PES to JPG
PES to WEBP
PES to JXL
PES to PNM
PES to XPM
PES to PCL
PES to WBMP
PES to MPR
PES to DIB
PES to J
Convert a file to PES
To convert other file formats to the "Embroidery Design File" file type, you need software like Brother PE-Design or a similar tool.
About PES files
The .pes file is a specialized data format used in Machine embroidery. It acts as a set of instructions for computerized sewing machines manufactured by Brother and Bernina. The file dictates exactly how the needle moves, containing precise X and Y coordinates, stitch density, jump commands, and the selected thread color palette. To view and edit these files natively, users typically need expensive proprietary digitizing software like Brother PE-Design. This presents a major obstacle. The files are useless to anyone without this software. You cannot open a .pes file directly in standard web browsers, mobile phones, or native operating system viewers. Converting your .pes files is often the most practical workaround. For client approval or web use, convert the file to a standard PNG or JPG to generate an accurate visual preview. For archiving, convert to PDF. If you need to send the design to a different brand of embroidery machine, convert it to machine-specific formats like DST or JEF. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it securely right in your browser on convert.guru.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PES file.
If you want to convert PES file to DST, JEF, VP3, EMB, TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG or BAK, you can use Brother PE-Design or similar software from the "Embroidery Machine Design Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to PES, try Brother PE-Design or another comparable tool in the "Embroidery Machine Design Storage" category.
The PES 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 PES converter.