GIH Converter

Convert GIMP image hose brushes (GIH) online for free


Drop or upload your .GIH file
✈

How to convert your GIH file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your GIH file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert GIH to another file type

The converter easily converts your GIH brushes to various formats - free and online. No GIMP or other Raster Image software needed.

  • GIH to JPG
  • GIH to PDF
  • GIH to PNG
  • GIH to GIF
  • GIH to BMP
  • GIH to TIFF
  • GIH to TIF
  • GIH to ICO
  • GIH to PSD
  • GIH to BLK
  • GIH to DPX
  • GIH to PCC

Convert a file to GIH

To convert other file formats to the "GIMP Animated Brush" file type, you need software like GIMP or a similar tool.


About GIH files

A .GIH file is a GIMP Image Hose file, also known as a GIMP animated brush. It contains multiple image layers or frames designed to be stamped sequentially or randomly onto a digital canvas. These files are built specifically for GIMP, a popular open-source raster graphics editor. The primary disadvantage of the .GIH format is its proprietary nature. Files cannot be opened by standard web browsers, default Windows or macOS image viewers, or competing software like Adobe Photoshop. This makes sharing the raw graphical assets extremely difficult. Users typically need to convert .GIH files to extract the individual image frames into PNG, JPG, or animated GIF formats. Converting allows you to use the graphics in other editors or on the web, though you will lose the specific brush dynamics and spacing metadata used by the GIMP painting engine. Because it is a highly specialized format, standard online converters fail to process it. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. convert.guru can inspect the file and show its internal content. If our analysis detects the embedded raster image data, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your GIH file.

Users also converted SCM, XWD and PNM files.


FAQ

If you want to convert GIH file to WEBP, CUR or PSB, you can use GIMP or similar software from the "Animated Brush Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to GIH, try GIMP or another comparable tool in the "Animated Brush Storage" category.



The GIH Converter Story

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 GIH converter.