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ORF to PFM Converter — Free, Online, No Signup

Convert ORF files to PFM online with no signup required.

Reverse conversion

ORF at a glance

ORF

ORF belongs to the long Olympus digital-camera story, especially in the Four Thirds and Micro Four Thirds eras where portability and serious editing often coexisted.

PFM at a glance

PFM

These formats persist in engineering, compression research, and conversion-tool contexts where simple sample storage or adjunct technical representation is useful.

Format comparison

Feature
ORF
PFM
File type

Image

Image

Extensions
  • .orf

  • .pfm

MIME type
  • image/orf

  • image/x-portable-floatmap

Created year

2003

1995

Inventor

Olympus (now OM System)

Paul Debevec

Status

proprietary

active

Transparency

Not supported

Not supported

Animation

Not supported

Not supported

Primary use cases
  • capture ingest

  • editing

  • web or print delivery

  • capture ingest

  • editing

  • web or print delivery

Layer support

Not supported

Not supported

Vector scaling

Not supported

Not supported

Camera raw data

Supported

Not supported

HDR support

Not supported

Supported

Streaming ready

Not supported

Not supported

When to use each format

When to use ORF

  • Your source file is already in ORF.
  • Preserve source expectations before exporting to PFM.
  • ORF is commonly used in image workflows.

When to use PFM

  • Your target workflow expects PFM.
  • Improve delivery compatibility with PFM.
  • PFM is commonly used in image workflows.

FAQs

Why convert ORF to PFM?

Convert to PFM when high-precision floating-point image data must survive for rendering, HDR processing, or technical analysis.

It is useful as a working format in graphics and research pipelines.

What changes when converting ORF to PFM?

This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.

Moving to PFM removes camera raw data. Moving to PFM adds HDR content.

What should I review after converting ORF to PFM?

Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.

Format resources

ORFPFM

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