Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PXM file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PXM to another file type
To convert PXM images to another format, you need Pixelmator Pro or other Raster Image software.
Convert a file to PXM
To convert other file formats to the "Image Project File" file type, you need software like Pixelmator Pro or a similar tool.
About PXM files
The .PXM file format primarily functions as a proprietary raster image project created by Pixelmator, a popular image editor for macOS and iOS. It stores multiple layers, masks, color corrections, text, and vector elements within a single document. A smaller subset of .PXM files are used as ZIP-compressed pixel art projects by Pyxel Edit or as XML-based personnel data files by Autodesk PowerINSPECT. Users often need to convert .PXM files because the format is highly restrictive and explicitly tied to the Apple ecosystem. It is proprietary, impossible to open natively on Windows or Linux, not supported by web browsers, and requires specialized software to view. Because it is a closed, proprietary format, standard online converters often fail to process it. Often only the original software can properly read or export the layered data. Converting the file to PSD preserves layers for Adobe Photoshop, while flattening it to JPG or PNG makes it universally accessible at the cost of editability. Drag and drop your file to see what it is and convert it if supported. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format - such as the ZIP archive used by Pyxel Edit or the XML structure used by Autodesk - viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PXM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PXM file to JPG, PDF, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, TIF, WEBP, ICO, CUR, PSD or PSB, you can use Pixelmator Pro or similar software from the "Raster Image Editor Document" 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 PXM, try Pixelmator Pro or another comparable tool in the "Raster Image Editor Document" category.
The PXM 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 PXM converter.