PDS files: what are they and how do I open them?
Are you facing difficulties opening unknown files on your computer, or wondering exactly what this file is?
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.pds file type #1: Project from Cyberlink PowerDirector
pds extension is used for the default project files in Cyberlink PowerDirector video editing software. Used to store video editing work in progress.
Further details:
PDS file is a project file created by CyberLink PowerDirector, a video editing software.
It contains references to video, audio, and image files, as well as transitions, effects, and other video editing settings. PDS files do not contain actual media data, but instead reference media files located elsewhere on the hard drive. They are used for saving projects and resuming editing at a later time.
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Cyberlink PowerDirector
A suite of tools for video editing
.pds file type #2: IncrediMail file
Files with pds extension may be also found as part of IncrediMail e-mail client software.
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File extension pds is also associated with the IncrediMail, a free e-mail client used to create multimedia e-mail messages with effects, pictures, animations, sounds, emoticons etc.
The .pds file contains various data used for internal purposes of the IncrediMail.
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IncrediMail
A highly graphical e-mail client
.pds file type #3: PALASM source code
Files with pds file extension are associated with PALASM, hardware description language. They store source code data.
Further details:
The pds file extension is related to PALASM, an early hardware description language, used to translate Boolean functions and state transition tables into a fuse map for use with Programmable Array Logic (PAL) devices introduced by Monolithic Memories, Inc.
The pds file contains source code written in PALASM.
We are sorry, there is currently no specific software link to open this kind of file.
.pds file type #4: Planetary Data System picture
Files featuring pds extension might often be NASA images in the Planetary Data System file format.
Further details:
PDS file is a type of graphic image file format used by NASA's Planetary Data System. This system is a distributed archive of data products from NASA planetary missions.
PDS format contains image data related to these missions, which can include information about planets, moons, asteroids, and comets. These files are used by scientists and researchers to study the universe. The PDS file format is designed to be both machine-readable and human-readable, and to last into the future without becoming obsolete.
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NASAView
A PDS archive product display program
.pds file type #5: Print Shop graphic image
Files with pds suffix is also related to Borderbund Print Shop home and used for its default graphic format.
Further details:
File extension pds is associated with the Broderbund Print Shop home desktop publishing software.
A .pds file contains a graphic image stored in Print Shop picture image file format.
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Print Shop
A desktop publishing software developed by Broderbund Software