Convert PPS Slides to BMP Images in Python

Render every slide in a PowerPoint PPS slide show as a separate BMP image with Aspose.Slides for Python via Java.

Convert PPS to BMP in Python

Aspose.Slides for Python via Java can load a PowerPoint 97–2003 slide show (PPS), render its slides, and save each rendered slide as a BMP image. The conversion does not require Microsoft PowerPoint.

Convert PPS to BMP using Python

Create a Presentation from the PPS file, access each slide through a variable, call getImage, and save the rendered image with ImageFormat.Bmp.

Python code for converting PPS slides to BMP

presentation = Presentation("presentation.pps")
try:
    slide_count = presentation.getSlides().size()

    for slide_index in range(slide_count):
        slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(slide_index)
        slide_image = slide.getImage(2, 2)
        try:
            file_path = f"slide-{slide_index + 1}.bmp"
            slide_image.save(file_path, ImageFormat.Bmp)
        finally:
            slide_image.dispose()
finally:
    presentation.dispose()

How to convert PPS slides to BMP in Python

Follow these steps to render the slides in a PowerPoint 97–2003 slide show as separate BMP images.

  1. Install Aspose.Slides for Python via Java .

  2. Configure the package and start the Java Virtual Machine in your application.

  3. Open the source PPS file with Presentation and access each slide through a variable.

  4. Call getImage for each slide and save the result with ImageFormat.Bmp.