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AI at a glance
AI
Adobe co-founder John Warnock created Illustrator in late 1986 to automate many of the manual tasks used by his wife Marva, a graphic designer. It was a commercialization of Adobe's in-house font development software and PostScript file format.
PMD at a glance
PMD
The .pmd extension appeared in Sony's prosumer and professional recording device output alongside other Sony-proprietary formats like MQV, serving as a companion metadata or media descriptor file.
Format comparison
| Feature | AI | PMD |
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| File type | Vector | Video |
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| Created year | 1987 | 2004 |
| Inventor | Adobe Systems | Sony |
| Status | active | legacy |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Not supported |
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| Layer support | Supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use AI
- Your source file is already in AI.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to PMD.
- AI is commonly used in vector workflows.
When to use PMD
- Your target workflow expects PMD.
- Improve delivery compatibility with PMD.
- PMD is commonly used in video workflows.
FAQs
Why convert AI to PMD?
Convert to PMD when maintaining compatibility with a Sony-centered production workflow, preserving source media from a professional ingest system, or migrating archived broadcast assets that were originally wrapped for structured editorial exchange.
What changes when converting AI to PMD?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to PMD removes layer support.
What should I review after converting AI to PMD?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.