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BAY at a glance
BAY
Digital photography fragmented into many manufacturer-specific raw formats because camera makers optimized for their own sensors, metadata, and software ecosystems rather than for one shared public raw standard.
Krita Brush at a glance
Krita Brush
GIMP's brush formats grew out of the need to preserve painting resources as reusable assets rather than flattening every stroke into ordinary image files.
Format comparison
| Feature | BAY | Krita Brush |
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| File type | Image | Image |
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| Created year | 2002 | 1996 |
| Inventor | Casio | GIMP Development Team |
| Status | proprietary | active |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Not supported |
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| Layer support | Not supported | Supported |
| Vector scaling | Not supported | Not supported |
| Camera raw data | Supported | Not supported |
| HDR support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Streaming ready | Not supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use BAY
- Your source file is already in BAY.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to Krita Brush.
- BAY is commonly used in image workflows.
When to use Krita Brush
- Your target workflow expects Krita Brush.
- Improve delivery compatibility with Krita Brush.
- Krita Brush is commonly used in image workflows.
FAQs
Why convert BAY to Krita Brush?
Convert to GBRUSH when the goal is to preserve or distribute a reusable bitmap brush for GIMP rather than export final artwork.
It is the right target for custom brush libraries, textured painting presets, and migration of legacy GIMP brush assets into a maintained toolkit.
What changes when converting BAY to Krita Brush?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to Krita Brush adds layer support. Moving to Krita Brush removes camera raw data.
What should I review after converting BAY to Krita Brush?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.