Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PP5 file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert PP5 to another file type
The converter easily converts your PP5 file to various formats - free and online. No Photoshop or extra software needed.
PP5 to JPG
PP5 to PDF
PP5 to PNG
PP5 to GIF
PP5 to BMP
PP5 to TIFF
PP5 to TIF
PP5 to ICO
PP5 to PSD
Convert a file to PP5
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Raster Image formats to PP5 with high quality output.
About PP5 files
The .pp5 extension primarily identifies image files created by Micrografx Picture Publisher 5.0, a once-popular graphics editor from the mid-1990s. These files are legacy raster images that may contain multiple object layers, masks, and proprietary rendering data. Because Micrografx was acquired by Corel in 2001, the native software is effectively extinct on modern operating systems. Opening a .pp5 file today is a significant difficulty; Windows and macOS do not support it natively, and even modern Adobe Photoshop versions cannot decode its specific object structure. Users typically encounter these files in old archives and find them inaccessible without specialized conversion tools.
To reclaim the content, the best workflow is converting .pp5 to a widely supported standard. For archiving or print, converting to TIFF or PDF is recommended to preserve as much visual fidelity as possible. For web use or quick viewing, JPG or PNG are the most practical targets. Users should be aware of a distinct, unrelated use case: .pp5 files may also be encrypted diagnostic data files generated by Peugeot Planet 2000 automotive software. These particular files are strictly for vehicle diagnostics and cannot be converted into viewable images.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PP5 file.
If you want to convert PP5 file to WEBP, CUR or PSB, you can use PaintShop Pro or similar software from the "Legacy Raster Graphics" 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 PP5, try PaintShop Pro or another comparable tool in the "Legacy Raster Graphics" category.
The PP5 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 PP5 converter.