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PPS at a glance

PPS

Convert to PPS when you need an old-style PowerPoint show file that launches directly into presentation mode, especially for legacy playback environments or archived slide libraries.

It is useful when presentation behavior matters but the surrounding environment still uses the older binary Office stack.

For current editable workflows, PPTX or PPSX are typically better targets.

DCR at a glance

DCR

Convert to DCR when preserving compatibility with an older camera-specific raw workflow or recovering legacy photographic originals.

In current practice it is mainly an archival and migration target.

Format comparison

Feature
PPS
DCR
File type

Presentation

Image

Extensions
  • .pps

  • .dcr

MIME type
  • application/vnd.ms-powerpoint

  • image/dcr

Compression / quality

visual

raw

File size characteristics

medium

large

Compatibility

moderate

limited

Editability

high

high

Created year

1987

2004

Inventor

Microsoft

Kodak

Status

active

proprietary

Transparency

Not supported

Not supported

Animation

Not supported

Not supported

Primary use cases
  • slide authoring

  • meeting delivery

  • export and sharing

  • pptx

  • ppsx

  • pdf

  • ppt

  • capture ingest

  • editing

  • web or print delivery

  • jpg

  • tiff

  • png

  • dng

Common software
  • PowerPoint

  • presentation kiosks

  • legacy slide libraries

  • LibRaw

  • Adobe Camera Raw

  • vendor photo software

  • archive workflows

Archival suitability

moderate

strong

Metadata handling

moderate

rich

Delivery profile

strong

limited

Workflow fit

presentation

source

Layer support

Not supported

Not supported

Vector scaling

Not supported

Not supported

Streaming ready

Supported

Not supported

When to use each format

When to use PPS

  • slide authoring
  • meeting delivery
  • export and sharing
  • Historically useful for presentation-first deck delivery.

When to use DCR

  • capture ingest
  • editing
  • web or print delivery
  • Preserve capture-stage image data for later interpretation.

FAQs

Why convert PPS to DCR?

Convert to DCR when preserving compatibility with an older camera-specific raw workflow or recovering legacy photographic originals.

In current practice it is mainly an archival and migration target.

What changes when converting PPS to DCR?

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

Size profile changes from medium in PPS to large in DCR. Quality profile changes from visual in PPS to raw in DCR. Compatibility profile changes from moderate in PPS to limited in DCR. Archival profile changes from moderate in PPS to strong in DCR. Metadata profile changes from moderate in PPS to rich in DCR. Delivery profile changes from strong in PPS to limited in DCR. Workflow profile changes from presentation in PPS to source in DCR.

Moving to DCR removes streaming delivery.

What should I review after converting PPS to DCR?

Check the exported file for Many are vendor-specific and poorly documented publicly.; Compatibility often depends on decoder support in tools such as LibRaw, Adobe Camera Raw, or vendor software.; They are source formats, not publication-ready outputs..

Format resources

PPSDCR

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