Extract text from pixel art files (GAL)
To convert GAL pixel art to another format, you need GraphicsGale or other Raster Image software.
To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Animation Container" file type, you need software like GraphicsGale or a similar tool.
The .GAL file format is primarily a proprietary workspace file used by GraphicsGale, a popular Japanese pixel art and sprite animation editor. These files store multi-layered images, animation frame data, and specific color palettes. Alternatively, .GAL files can be legacy Corel Gallery Clipart vectors, ACDSee Photo Gallery index files, or GenePix microarray array lists.
The main disadvantage of the .GAL format is its proprietary nature. Web browsers, default operating system image viewers, and most modern design tools cannot open it. Sharing a raw .GAL file with a client or uploading it to a website will result in an unreadable file. For legacy Corel variants, the format has been obsolete for decades, making it extremely difficult to open without emulation or outdated software.
To share your pixel art or make it usable in game engines, you must convert it. For animations, convert .GAL to GIF or WEBP. If you need to edit static frames in other software or share them on social media, convert to PNG. Drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Convert.Guru analyzes your GAL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted JPG, PNG, PDA, OLT and L files.
If you want to convert GAL file to L, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT or DB, you can use GraphicsGale or similar software from the "Pixel Art and Animation File" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to GAL, try GraphicsGale or another comparable tool in the "Pixel Art and Animation File" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our GAL converter.