Extract text from Scratch 3.0 sprites (SPRITE3)
To convert SPRITE3 sprites to another format, you need Scratch 3.0 or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Visual Programming Asset" file type, you need software like Scratch 3.0 or a similar tool.
The .SPRITE3 file format is used by Scratch 3.0, a visual programming language developed by the MIT Media Lab. It stores an individual "sprite" – a programmable character or object within a Scratch project. This file contains the sprite's scripts (code blocks), costumes (images), and sounds.
Under the hood, a .SPRITE3 file is simply a renamed ZIP archive. If you inspect its contents, you will find a main sprite.json data file alongside standard media files like SVG (vector graphics), PNG (raster images), and WAV (audio).
The main disadvantage of the .SPRITE3 format is its strict dependency on the Scratch environment. Standard image viewers, media players, and web browsers cannot read the file directly. You cannot import a .SPRITE3 directly into video editors or graphic design software without first extracting the assets. Furthermore, the embedded scripts only function within the Scratch platform.
To use a Scratch sprite's assets elsewhere, you must extract the file. The best target formats are ZIP for full extraction, SVG or PNG for the visual costumes, and WAV or MP3 for the audio elements. Be aware that the interactive programming logic will be lost during extraction.
This file format is difficult to open or convert because it is a specialized, proprietary container built strictly for Scratch. Standard online converters fail to process it as a single image or video. If our analysis detects the supported underlying ZIP structure, viewing or conversion of the embedded media assets may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SPRITE3 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted SPRITE, SVG, SB3, SCRATCH, PMS, PNG, BITSBOARD, JPG, 3D, GIF, ZIP, JSON and PMP files.
If you want to convert SPRITE3 file to PNG, GIF, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF or DAT, you can use Scratch 3.0 or similar software from the "Scratch Character Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to SPRITE3, try Scratch 3.0 or another comparable tool in the "Scratch Character Data Storage" category.
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 SPRITE3 converter.