Picture Publisher

File Format
Name	Picture Publisher
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Picture Publisher
Extension(s)	.pp4, .pp5, .ppf
PRONOM	x-fmt/176, x-fmt/85, fmt/1360
Released	1990

Picture Publisher is a discontinued graphics application from Micrografx who purchased the product from Astral in 1991, later purchased in 2001 by Corel. After the acquisition by Corel, it was supported briefly, then quietly phased out in favor of Corel Photo-Paint. This article is about its native raster graphics format which didn't exist until version 4. CorelDRAW supports all 3 formats, but not in the latest 64bit versions.

File Identification

• PP4 - Picture Publisher version 4 file headers begin with a similar sequence as TIFF 49 49 02 01, and seem to have a TIFF marker later around byte 52. May be same format as MicroGrafx Crayola ART format
• PP5 - Picture Publisher version 5 file headers begin with 50 50 55 42 49 49 or "PPUBII" in ascii.
• PPF - Picture Publisher version 6-10 files are based on Microsoft Compound File format, with a "Contents" file within the container with the same format as PP5 files.

Software

• XnView - Claims to support PP4, PP5.

Sample files

• PPF Sample File
• dexvert samples — image/picturePublisher

Links

• MicroGrafx Picture Publisher 10 (archived)