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Convert Clip Studio Paint brushes to GIMP

Want to use Clip Studio Paint brushes in GIMP? GIMP cannot open .sut files, and no version of it reads them. Converting the .sut to .gbr creates a file GIMP imports natively. Bitmap tips are written as native .gbr brushes, and pen dynamics travel as a matching Paint Dynamics preset beside them.

Convert a .sut now All formats

How it works

Upload your Clip Studio Paint brush. Drop the .sut file into the converter. We support multi-brush files.
Pick GIMP as the target. You can select several targets at once and get one download per format.
Download and install. Copy the file into GIMP's brushes folder. You can find this under Edit › Preferences › Folders › Brushes. Then click the refresh button in the Brushes dialog.

What carries over

From Clip Studio Paint: Brush engine settings, pressure and tilt response curves with their minimums, texture settings, and linked materials.

Writing to GIMP: Bitmap tips are written as native .gbr brushes at their intended size. Computed round and square tips become .vbr files so hardness, roundness, and angle stay adjustable. Pressure, tilt, and jitter dynamics travel as a matching Paint Dynamics preset written beside the brush. Grain has no equivalent in GIMP, and the result screen names anything that had to be adjusted.

Common questions

Will the brush feel the same in GIMP? Yes. Brushfactory maps your brush directly to native GIMP settings. Strokes are never rasterized or estimated. If a setting has no exact equivalent, the result screen names anything that had to be adjusted.

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 entirely private.

How do you use Clip Studio Paint brushes in GIMP? GIMP cannot open .sut files, so the brush needs converting first. Upload the .sut file, download the converted .gbr file, and import it the way GIMP imports its own brushes.

Can .sut files be imported into GIMP directly? No. GIMP does not read .sut files. Converting the .sut to .gbr creates a file GIMP imports natively.

Every direction Brushfactory converts

Pick any other pair. The converter works the same way in all 25 directions.

From \ To	Photoshop	Procreate	Clip Studio Paint	Krita	GIMP	MediBang
Photoshop	-	Photoshop → Procreate	Photoshop → Clip Studio Paint	Photoshop → Krita	Photoshop → GIMP	Photoshop → MediBang
Procreate	Procreate → Photoshop	-	Procreate → Clip Studio Paint	Procreate → Krita	Procreate → GIMP	Procreate → MediBang
Clip Studio Paint	Clip Studio Paint → Photoshop	Clip Studio Paint → Procreate	-	Clip Studio Paint → Krita	Clip Studio Paint → GIMP (this page)	Clip Studio Paint → MediBang
Krita	Krita → Photoshop	Krita → Procreate	Krita → Clip Studio Paint	-	Krita → GIMP	Krita → MediBang
GIMP	GIMP → Photoshop	GIMP → Procreate	GIMP → Clip Studio Paint	GIMP → Krita	-	GIMP → MediBang

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

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