Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Pfm file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type convert to vicar in the search box.
Press Convert.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i photo.pfm -c "convert to vicar" (how).
Let your AI agent convert Portable Float Map to VICAR
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.
Install Filestar and add it to your agents:
npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent install
Then ask your agent:
“Convert the Portable Float Map files in my Downloads folder to VICAR”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i photo.pfm -c "convert to vicar"
Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Can my AI agent convert Portable Float Map to VICAR?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i photo.pfm -c "convert to vicar" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
Portable Float Map, an uncompressed high-dynamic-range raster image format that stores each pixel as 32-bit floating-point values, in colour (PF) or greyscale (Pf).
The VICAR (Video Image Communication And Retrieval) Image file format is a flexible, image-processing and data format system used primarily by the planetary science community. Developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for storing and managing digital images from space missions, VICAR files are designed to support a wide range of image types, including scientific and engineering data from various spacecraft instruments. This format is characterized by its ability to handle multi-dimensional arrays of data.
