SKT Converter

Extract text from SKT files

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Drop or upload your .SKT file

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How to extract text from your SKT file

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

Convert SKT to another file type

To convert your SKT file to another format, you need Tayasui Sketches or other Raster Image software.

Convert a file to SKT

To convert other file formats to the "Digital Art Archive" file type, you need software like Tayasui Sketches or a similar tool.

About SKT files

The .skt extension is most frequently associated with Tayasui Sketches, a popular digital art application available on iOS, Android, and macOS. These files serve as project archives, containing the layer data, brush strokes, and canvas settings required to edit a drawing. Under the hood, a Tayasui .skt file is often a standard ZIP container that holds individual layer images (typically PNG) and a JSON manifest.

While excellent for retaining editability within the app, .skt files are a significant friction point for sharing. They are proprietary and cannot be opened natively by web browsers, Adobe Photoshop, or generic image viewers on Windows or Linux. If you send an .skt file to a client or friend who lacks the software, they will likely encounter an "unknown file format" error.

Conversion Recommendations:

For Web & Sharing: Convert to JPG or PNG. This flattens the layers into a single viewable image supported by all devices.
For Archiving: Convert to PDF to ensure the image remains accessible long-term without relying on specific app versions.
For Editing: Since direct conversion to PSD is difficult without the original app, users often extract the file (treating it as a ZIP) to access the raw layer components.

Note on File Ambiguity: The .skt extension is reused by several other legacy and niche systems. It may represent a Shorten Audio Seek Table (used alongside SHN audio files to index track positions), a Yamaha electronic drum kit setting file, or a Trimble Penmap survey sketch. If your file does not contain artwork, it is likely a binary data file for one of these specialized hardware tools.

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

Users also converted SKP, SKZ, LPD and TDW files.

FAQ

If you want to convert SKT file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use Tayasui Sketches or similar software from the "Digital Drawing Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to SKT, try Tayasui Sketches or another comparable tool in the "Digital Drawing Project" category.

The SKT 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 SKT converter.