Indigo Renderer compressed material file
File type: Graphics file
A pigm file is a compressed material file used by Indigo Renderer.
It stores material definitions and related texture information for use when rendering materials such as steel, wood and chrome.
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: November 5, 2026
The pigm file extension is associated with Indigo Renderer, a physically based rendering application from Glare Technologies. Indigo Renderer simulates the physics of light to produce highly realistic images.
A .pigm file contains compressed Indigo material data, including the descriptions and texture information needed to render materials such as steel, wood and chrome. It is the compressed counterpart to the software's regular material files.
Indigo Renderer supports these files on Microsoft Windows. The format is intended for use within Indigo Renderer rather than as a general-purpose graphics format.
Use Indigo Renderer on Microsoft Windows to open a .pigm file. The file is intended to be loaded as an Indigo material within the renderer.
A pigm file is a material resource rather than an image format, so it cannot be meaningfully converted with a general-purpose file converter. Open it in Indigo Renderer and use the material in a scene instead.
Software applications that can open pigm files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create pigm files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pigm files:
Microsoft Windows
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