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PDB at a glance
PDB
The Palm computing era produced its own document and content ecosystems, and PDB is one of the container patterns that survived from that world.
VDA at a glance
VDA
The Truevision line grew out of EPICenter-era PC graphics boards, and several board names ended up surviving as filename extensions even when the underlying raster structure stayed close to the wider TGA family.
Format comparison
| Feature | PDB | VDA |
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| File type | Ebook | Image |
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| Created year | 1996 | 1987 |
| Inventor | Palm | Truevision |
| Status | active | active |
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When to use each format
When to use PDB
- Your source file is already in PDB.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to VDA.
- PDB is commonly used in ebook workflows.
When to use VDA
- Your target workflow expects VDA.
- Improve delivery compatibility with VDA.
- VDA is commonly used in image workflows.
FAQs
Why convert PDB to VDA?
Convert to VDA when recovering or preserving historical Truevision-era graphics assets, or when normalizing a legacy image collection before moving it into PNG, TIFF, or another contemporary raster format.
What changes when converting PDB to VDA?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
What should I review after converting PDB to VDA?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.