Extract text from FRAMES files
To convert your FRAMES file to another format, you need Starbound or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "Animation Config" file type, you need software like Starbound or a similar tool.
A .frames file is typically a plain text JSON document used to define animation sequences for 2D games, most notably Starbound. Instead of containing actual pixel data, this file acts as a coordinate map. It tells the game engine how to slice a corresponding PNG sprite sheet into individual animation frames (e.g., "idle.1" is at x:0, y:0). Because it is purely metadata, you cannot "play" a .frames file in a media player like VLC or Windows Media Player.
Users often encounter this file when modding Starbound or exporting sprite data from pixel art tools like Piskel. The practical friction arises when users expect a video file but find unreadable code. To "convert" this file effectively, you usually need the associated source image. For modding, the best target format is raw JSON or Text for editing in Notepad++. For visual previewing, you must combine the .frames data with its PNG sheet to generate a GIF or WebP animation.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FRAMES file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert FRAMES file to VIDEO, GIF, ANIMATION, INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML or TOML, you can use Starbound or similar software from the "Game Animation Definition" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert ZSHRC, CONF, RCFILE, GITCONFIG, RC, PLIST, BASHRC, CONFIG, PROFILE, INI, PREFS or CFG files to FRAMES, try Starbound or another comparable tool in the "Game Animation Definition" category.
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