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Convert Photoshop brushes to GIMP

.abr → .gbr in your browser. Textures, grain and pressure curves carry over — and the result screen lists exactly what was preserved and what was adjusted.

How it works

1. Upload your Photoshop brush. Drop the .abr file into the converter. Multi-brush files are supported.
2. Pick GIMP as the target. You can select several targets at once and get one download per format.
3. Download and install. Copy the file into GIMP's brushes folder (Edit › Preferences › Folders › Brushes shows where it is), then click the refresh button in the Brushes dialog.

What carries over

From Photoshop: Tip imagery, texture/grain with its blend mode and depth, spacing, scatter, and the full pressure dynamics (size, opacity, flow) with their curves and minimum floors.

Writing to GIMP: Bitmap tips are written as native .gbr brushes at their intended size; computed round and square tips become .vbr, GIMP's editable parametric format, so hardness, roundness and angle stay adjustable. GIMP brush files hold no pressure dynamics or grain texture — GIMP keeps dynamics in its own Paint Dynamics presets — and the result screen names anything left behind.

Common questions

Every direction Brushfactory converts

Pick any other pair. The converter works the same way in all 20 directions.

See how conversion fidelity is measured for what each format contributes and where the honest limits are, or what is actually inside .abr and .gbr files.