KRA Converter

Convert Krita documents (KRA) online for free


Drop or upload your .KRA file
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How to convert your KRA file

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

Convert KRA to another file type

The converter easily converts your KRA documents to various formats - free and online. No Krita or or other Raster Image software needed.

  • KRA to JPG

Convert a file to KRA

To convert other file formats to the "Digital Painting Document" file type, you need software like Krita or a similar tool.


About KRA files

The .kra file is the native document format for Krita, a popular open-source digital painting application. Under the hood, a .kra file is a ZIP archive containing a flattened preview image, XML configuration files, and individual layer data.

Because it retains all non-destructive editing capabilities - like raster layers, vector shapes, masks, and specific color spaces - these files often exceed 100MB and consume significant system memory. The main disadvantage of the .kra format is its strict lack of portability. You cannot open it natively in web browsers, Windows Photo Viewer, or Apple Preview. Professional industry tools like Adobe Photoshop or CorelDRAW do not support it without third-party plugins. Sending a .kra file to clients or collaborators who do not have Krita installed will guarantee access errors.

To share or publish your artwork, you must convert the file. For web use and social media, convert to PNG or WEBP. For professional printing or archiving, convert to TIFF. If you need to collaborate with users on other painting software, convert to PSD (Photoshop Document) or ORA (OpenRaster). Note that converting to flattened formats like PNG will permanently merge your layers.

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

Users also converted PNG, KRA_, PSD, JPG, KRZ, ZIP, TXT, PDF, MP4, CDW, WEBP, SIG and G3D files.


FAQ

If you want to convert KRA file to PNG, PSD, MP4, SVG, CLIP, AI, PDF, GIF, BMP, TIFF or TIF, you can use Krita or similar software from the "Digital Painting 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 KRA, try Krita or another comparable tool in the "Digital Painting Storage" category.



The KRA 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 KRA converter.