ODG Converter

ODG Converter — Every Target for a LibreOffice Draw File

ODG (OpenDocument Graphics) is the drawing format of LibreOffice Draw and Apache OpenOffice Draw: a ZIP package of XML that describes shapes, connectors, text frames and styles rather than pixels. Almost nothing outside the OpenOffice family reads it, which is why the file needs converting at all. This hub is the index of what you can turn one into — raster images from the widget on this page, plus the vector, document and video targets that live on their own pages.

How to Convert an ODG File

1. Upload Your ODG File: Drag the .odg onto the page or click "+ Add Files". Documents saved by LibreOffice Draw and Apache OpenOffice Draw are both accepted, and you can queue several at once.
2. Pick an Output Format: The Image File Extension list on this page holds sixteen raster targets — JPG (preselected), JPEG, JFIF, PNG, WebP, TIFF, TIF, BMP, GIF, APNG, AVIF, HEIC, HEIF, ICO, PPM and EPS. For a vector or page result use ODG to PDF or ODG to SVG; for a video container use ODG to MP4.
3. Set the Output Size: Image resolution opens on "Keep original", which hands back the page exactly as rendered — an A4 Draw page lands near 2480 x 3508 pixels. Switch to a percentage, a height preset, or an explicit Width x Height when the destination needs a particular raster, and use Quality Preset under Image Compression if the file has to be small.
4. Convert and Download: Click "Convert" and take the result — one image per drawing page, downloaded individually or as a ZIP. Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically after a few hours. No sign-up, no watermark, never shared.

Popular ODG Conversions

• ODG to PDF — LibreOffice Draw's own PDF export, so the geometry stays vector and prints at the printer's resolution
• ODG to SVG — Draw's native SVG export: real paths and live text, not a trace of a rasterized copy
• ODG to PNG — the lossless raster with an alpha channel, and the right default for a diagram
• ODG to JPG — the small, universally accepted preview when nothing needs transparency
• ODG to WebP — the smallest web-ready file for flat colour and hard edges
• ODG to TIFF — the print and archive master, with the compression scheme under your control
• ODG to GIF — 256 colours and universal support, for a flat diagram that has to paste anywhere
• ODG to MP4 — the drawing as a silent clip, for an editing timeline or a signage loop

How a Draw Document Is Converted

Everything here starts the same way. LibreOffice opens the .odg as a Draw document — the same component that created it — and exports it through Draw's own filters rather than handing the file to an image decoder. That distinction is the whole reason the conversion is faithful: a .odg is a page-layout document, not a picture, and only a real OpenDocument reader knows what its shapes and text frames mean.

Two consequences worth planning around. Page count is preserved: a four-page Draw document produces four images, four video frames, or a four-page PDF, depending on where you send it. And fonts are resolved on our servers, so a drawing that depends on a typeface installed only on your own machine can shift its line breaks — converting the text to curves in Draw (Shape ▸ Convert ▸ To Curve) before uploading pins the letterforms.

ODG at a Glance

Frequently Asked Questions

What program opens an ODG file?

LibreOffice Draw and Apache OpenOffice Draw, both free on Windows, macOS and Linux, and Collabora if you would rather not install anything. Almost nothing else reads .odg directly — Microsoft Office has no import filter for it and ordinary image viewers see only a ZIP archive. That is exactly why converting is usually the faster answer than installing a suite for one file.

What happens to a multi-page Draw document?

Page count is preserved rather than discarded. On a raster target each drawing page comes back as its own numbered image, downloadable together as a ZIP. On ODG to PDF every page lands in one document in the original order. On a video target each page becomes a held frame inside the same clip, shown for the Image Duration you chose.

Which target keeps the drawing sharp at any size?

PDF and SVG, because both stay vector. Everything else rasterizes, which fixes the drawing to a pixel grid it can never be enlarged out of. If the recipient will print the drawing or zoom into it, send a PDF; if they need to edit the shapes in something other than Draw, send an SVG and open it in Inkscape or a browser.

Does the text stay selectable after converting?

Only on the vector routes. The PDF and SVG exports write glyphs, so the text stays searchable and can be copied. Every raster and video target renders type into pixels, which is fine for a picture of the drawing and useless if anyone needs to select a label. Keep the .odg as the editable master either way — no conversion here turns back into Draw objects.

What resolution do the images come out at?

The page is rendered at 300 DPI, so its physical size decides the pixel count: an A4 Draw page arrives at roughly 2480 x 3508 pixels and a US Letter page at about 2550 x 3300. That is a print-grade render, comfortably more than a screen needs. If you want something specific, set it under Image resolution — a percentage, a height preset, or an exact Width x Height — rather than resizing afterwards.

Is an .odd file the same thing?

Effectively, yes. ODD is a non-standard extension people occasionally end up with for the same OpenDocument Drawing payload, and LibreOffice identifies the content from the package rather than the file name. Our uploader matches on the extension, so rename the file to .odg and it converts exactly as any other Draw document would.

Is ODG the same as a Visio file?

No — they solve the same problem in different ecosystems and are not interchangeable. ODG is the open, OASIS-standardised drawing format of LibreOffice Draw; .vsd and .vsdx belong to Microsoft Visio. Draw ships an import filter that opens Visio files with varying fidelity, while Visio does not read .odg at all. To hand a diagram to someone in a Microsoft environment, send a PDF rather than the source file.

What happens to my file after the conversion?

It travels over an encrypted connection, is processed on our servers, and is deleted automatically after a few hours together with everything it produced. Nothing is shared, published or reused, no account is required, and no watermark is applied. If the raster targets on this page are not what you need, ODG to PDF and ODG to SVG cover the vector side of the same source file.