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Convert GIMP brushes to Krita

.gbr → .kpp 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 GIMP brush. Drop the .gbr / .gih / .vbr file into the converter. Multi-brush files are supported.
  2. Pick Krita as the target. You can select several targets at once and get one download per format.
  3. Download and install. Import through Settings › Manage Resources…, or drop the .kpp into your Krita resource folder and restart. The tip image is embedded in the preset.

What carries over

From GIMP: Tip imagery with its size and spacing from .gbr and .gih (the first frame of an animated brush), and the full parametric recipe of a .vbr — radius, hardness, aspect ratio and angle.

Writing to Krita: The tip is embedded directly in the preset and texture settings map onto Krita's 0–200% texture scale exactly. Brushes that mix color map to Krita's Color Smudge engine behavior where possible.

Common questions

Will the brush feel the same in Krita? Yes. Brushfactory maps your brush directly to native Krita settings. Strokes are never rasterized or estimated. If a setting has no exact equivalent in Krita, the result screen lists the adjustments.
Is it free? A free account gets you monthly conversions at no cost; Pro removes the limits and adds batch conversion.
What happens to your files? Uploads are converted in memory and deleted immediately. Your brushes remain private.

Every direction Brushfactory converts

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

From \ ToPhotoshopProcreateClip Studio PaintKritaGIMP
PhotoshopPhotoshop → ProcreatePhotoshop → Clip Studio PaintPhotoshop → KritaPhotoshop → GIMP
ProcreateProcreate → PhotoshopProcreate → Clip Studio PaintProcreate → KritaProcreate → GIMP
Clip Studio PaintClip Studio Paint → PhotoshopClip Studio Paint → ProcreateClip Studio Paint → KritaClip Studio Paint → GIMP
KritaKrita → PhotoshopKrita → ProcreateKrita → Clip Studio PaintKrita → GIMP
GIMPGIMP → PhotoshopGIMP → ProcreateGIMP → Clip Studio PaintGIMP → Krita (this page)

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