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Apple Keynote at a glance
Apple Keynote
Keynote emerged as part of Apple's iWork suite and became the Apple-native alternative to PowerPoint, especially in design-sensitive presentation, education, and executive-demo contexts.
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 | Apple Keynote | PMD |
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| File type | Presentation | Video |
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| Created year | 2003 | 2004 |
| Inventor | Apple Inc. | Sony |
| Status | active | legacy |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Supported | Not supported |
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| Layer support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Streaming ready | Not supported | Supported |
When to use each format
When to use Apple Keynote
- Your source file is already in Apple Keynote.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to PMD.
- Apple Keynote is commonly used in presentation 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 Apple Keynote 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 Apple Keynote to PMD?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to PMD removes animation support. Moving to PMD adds streaming delivery.
What should I review after converting Apple Keynote to PMD?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.