PFM (Portable Float Map)

File Format
Name	PFM (Portable Float Map)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics PFM (Portable Float Map)
Extension(s)	.pfm

"PFM" redirects here. For the font format, see Adobe Type 1.

PFM (Portable FloatMap) is the unofficial floating point Netpbm image format.

Such a format has been invented multiple times, in incompatible ways. The most standard version of it is probably the one supported by Netpbm, which apparently came from the HDR Shop graphics software.

Identification

Files begin with ASCII characters "PF" or "Pf".

Software

• Netpbm
• ImageMagick
• XnView
• abydos

Sample files

• https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/pfm/

Resources

• Netpbm: PFM graphic image file format
• PFM Portable FloatMap Image Format