Extract text from VBR files
To convert your VBR file to another format, you need GIMP or other Vector Image software.
To convert other file formats to the "Parametric Brush Settings" file type, you need software like GIMP or a similar tool.
The .VBR file extension primarily identifies a GIMP Parametric Brush. Unlike standard static brushes (GBR) or animated image hoses (GIH), a .VBR file does not contain a grid of pixels. Instead, it stores a set of mathematical parameters - such as radius, hardness, aspect ratio, and angle - that GIMP uses to generate a brush tip dynamically. This makes them infinitely scalable without quality loss, similar to Vector Graphics.
However, this mathematical nature is often frustrating for designers: .VBR files are completely proprietary to GIMP. You cannot open them in Adobe Photoshop, Procreate, or standard image viewers. If you downloaded a brush pack containing .VBR files but use different software, you are effectively locked out. A secondary, legacy format using this extension is the Visual Basic Remote Automation file, used by older Microsoft systems to register COM components, but this is rare in modern workflows.
For most users, the goal is to convert the brush definition into a usable image format like PNG or JPG for previewing, or to recreate the brush settings in another application.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VBR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted MP3, MP4, M4A, WAV, M3U, FLAC, CBR, ZIP, ASPX, APM, XWD and SCM files.
If you want to convert VBR file to CBR, MP3, SVG, AI, EPS, PDF, JPG, CDR, WMF, EMF, SWF or FLA, you can use GIMP or similar software from the "GIMP Brush Definition" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert AFPUB, EPS, FIG, VSD, SKETCH, VDX, AFPHOTO, PDF, AFDESIGN, SVG, VSDX or AI files to VBR, try GIMP or another comparable tool in the "GIMP Brush Definition" 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 VBR converter.