Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your LIP file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert LIP to another file type
To convert LIP files to another format, you need Clip Studio Paint or other Raster Image software.
Convert a file to LIP
To convert other file formats to the "Layered Illustration File" file type, you need software like Clip Studio Paint or a similar tool.
About LIP files
A .LIP file typically functions as a layered image file created by Clip Studio Paint (formerly Manga Studio) or as a lip-sync data file used by game engines like the Bethesda Creation Engine, Valve Source Engine, and Bohemia Interactive's Real Virtuality. CELSYS .LIP files are an older, highly proprietary format. They are bulky, restricted almost exclusively to Clip Studio Paint, and cannot be viewed natively in web browsers or standard image viewers. Similarly, game .LIP files contain highly specific timing data for character facial animations that must pair with localized audio. This engine-specific binary data is virtually useless outside of specific game modding tools like the Creation Kit or Faceposer. For illustrations, you must convert .LIP to PSD (Adobe Photoshop), PNG, or JPG for broad compatibility. For game development, you might extract the data to text or XML, though it is usually compiled into game-ready archives. Most generic online converters completely fail to process .LIP files because the image variant uses a complex underlying SQL database structure to store vector strokes and raster layers, while the game variants are raw binary blobs. Often, only the original authoring software can export the data properly. Even if full conversion is impossible, our tool can extract hidden text, detect embedded database structures, and help you find a pragmatic workaround.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LIP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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FAQ
If you want to convert LIP file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use Clip Studio Paint or similar software from the "Layered Image or Animation Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to LIP, try Clip Studio Paint or another comparable tool in the "Layered Image or Animation Data" category.
The LIP 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 LIP converter.