PBR Converter

Extract text from Data records and brushes (PBR)

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Drop or upload your .PBR file

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How to extract text from your PBR file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PBR file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert PBR to another file type

To convert PBR Files to another format, you need TensorFlow or other Developer software.

Convert a file to PBR

To convert other file formats to the "Data Serialization Format" file type, you need software like TensorFlow or a similar tool.

About PBR files

The .pbr extension is a notorious collision of file formats, representing a chaotic mix of developer data, digital art tools, and legacy enterprise lists. Most commonly, it serves as a Protocol Buffer RecordIO file for TensorFlow, storing large datasets in a binary, serialized format that is efficient for machines but unreadable to humans. Developers often struggle with these files because they cannot simply be opened in a text editor; they require programmatic parsing to view the contents.

Simultaneously, the extension is widely used by digital artists as a brush shape file for PaintTool SAI. A major friction point here is that .pbr brushes are proprietary and often use zlib compression, making them incompatible with industry standards like Adobe Photoshop or Procreate. Artists are frequently stuck with legacy brush libraries they cannot migrate to modern software.

Less frequently, .pbr files appear as boundary data for Autodesk PowerMILL or resource definition lists for PowerBuilder, linking icons and bitmaps for application compilation.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Data (TensorFlow): Convert to JSON or CSV to validate the structured data without writing custom Python scripts.
For Artists (SAI): Convert the internal brush data to PNG or TIFF images, which can then be used to define custom brush tips in Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, or GIMP.
For Archiving: If it is a text-based PowerBuilder list, convert to TXT or PDF to preserve the dependency listing.

Convert.Guru analyzes your PBR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted PRBR, JPG, PARQUET, PART-00000 and UIDX files.

FAQ

If you want to convert PBR file to , you can use TensorFlow or similar software from the "Serialized Data Record" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to PBR, try TensorFlow or another comparable tool in the "Serialized Data Record" category.

The PBR 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 PBR converter.