WPG to PAM Converter

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Upload and convert WPG to PAM in moments. Server-side processing keeps the workflow fast regardless of your device's capabilities.

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Convertio removes uploaded WPG files right after processing and purges PAM results within 24 hours. Your data does not linger on servers.

Batch Convert

Have multiple WPG files? Upload them all at once and convert the entire batch to PAM in a single session — saves significant time.

How to convert WPG to PAM

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose pam or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your pam file right afterwards

About formats

WPG (WordPerfect Graphics) is a mixed vector/raster image format developed by WordPerfect Corporation and introduced with WordPerfect 5.0 on May 5, 1988. The format was designed to provide a native graphics capability for WordPerfect documents, supporting both vector drawing elements (lines, curves, polygons, text with font specifications, and filled shapes) and embedded raster images in a single file. WPG exists in two major versions: WPG1, which supports 1-bit and indexed color rasters up to 256 colors with optional run-length encoding compression, and WPG2, introduced later, which added true-color (24-bit) support, OLE object embedding, and enhanced vector capabilities. The vector portion of WPG files stores resolution-independent drawing commands that can be scaled and printed at any output device's native resolution, while the raster portion handles photographic and scanned content. During WordPerfect's peak market dominance in the late 1980s and early 1990s, WPG was one of the most commonly encountered graphics formats in business and legal document workflows, used for logos, diagrams, letterheads, and clip art. One advantage is the hybrid vector/raster capability: WPG could combine scalable line art with photographic imagery in a single file at a time when most formats handled only one or the other, making it practical for the mixed-content graphics typical of business documents. Continued accessibility is another strength — WPG files remain readable by LibreOffice, Corel's current software suite (which inherited WordPerfect), ImageMagick, XnView, and Inkscape, ensuring decades-old documents remain viewable.
Initial release: 1988
PAM (Portable Arbitrary Map) is a raster image format added to the Netpbm family around the year 2000 by Bryan Henderson, the maintainer of Netpbm, as a generalization that unifies and extends the original PBM, PGM, and PPM formats. Where the classic Netpbm formats each handle a specific image type (PBM for bilevel, PGM for grayscale, PPM for color), PAM provides a single format that can represent any combination of channels, bit depths, and image types through a flexible ASCII header. The PAM header uses keyword-value pairs: WIDTH, HEIGHT, DEPTH (number of channels), MAXVAL (maximum sample value, up to 65535), and TUPLTYPE (a string identifying the image type — BLACKANDWHITE, GRAYSCALE, RGB, GRAYSCALE_ALPHA, RGB_ALPHA, or custom types). After the header, pixel data is stored in binary, with each sample occupying one or two bytes depending on MAXVAL. PAM's key innovation over its predecessors is native alpha channel support: GRAYSCALE_ALPHA (2-channel) and RGB_ALPHA (4-channel) tupletypes provide transparency without requiring a separate mask file, something the original PBM/PGM/PPM formats could not express. One advantage is format unification: a single PAM-reading implementation handles monochrome, grayscale, color, and alpha-augmented images, eliminating the need for separate parsers for each Netpbm variant. The extensible TUPLTYPE mechanism provides another practical strength — custom channel configurations (multispectral, depth + color, or any application-specific arrangement) can be represented and labeled without modifying the format specification. PAM is supported by Netpbm tools, ImageMagick, GIMP, and programming libraries that process the Netpbm family.
Initial release: 2000

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert WPG to PAM?

WPG is tied to WordPerfect — converting to PAM frees your graphics for use in any application, from web publishing to image editing.

What can I use to view PAM files?

Netpbm tools, GIMP, ImageMagick, and scientific imaging software. PAM extends PNM with alpha channel support.

Is it safe to upload WPG files?

Convertio deletes uploaded files immediately after conversion. Converted output is removed from servers within 24 hours for your privacy.

Is the conversion fast?

Yes — WPG to PAM conversion on Convertio runs on cloud servers and completes in seconds for typical image files.

Can I convert multiple WPG files at once?

Yes — Convertio supports batch uploads. Queue several WPG files and convert them all to PAM in one session, saving time on repetitive tasks.

Does converting WPG to PAM lose quality?

The conversion preserves the quality stored in the original WPG file. No additional degradation occurs during the format change on Convertio.