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Krita Brush at a glance
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.
VML at a glance
VML
Convert to or from VML when migrating legacy Office drawings, cleaning up IE-era web content, or translating Microsoft-specific vector markup into SVG, PNG, or modern document formats.
It is mainly a bridge format for archival recovery and standards migration.
Format comparison
| Feature | Krita Brush | VML |
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| File type | Image | Vector |
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| Compression / quality | depends | scalable |
| File size characteristics | medium | small |
| Compatibility | broad | moderate |
| Editability | moderate | high |
| Created year | 1996 | 1998 |
| Inventor | GIMP Development Team | Microsoft, Macromedia, Autodesk, Hewlett-Packard, Visio |
| Status | active | legacy |
| Transparency | ❌ | ❌ |
| Animation | ❌ | ❌ |
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| Archival suitability | moderate | good |
| Metadata handling | moderate | moderate |
| Delivery profile | strong | strong |
| Workflow fit | delivery | design |
| Layer support | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Vector scaling | ❌ | ✔️ |
When to use each format
When to use Krita Brush
- capture ingest
- editing
- web or print delivery
- Preserves reusable bitmap brush tips as authoring assets.
When to use VML
- illustration
- diagramming
- brand asset delivery
- Designed to preserve editable vector and text semantics.
FAQs
Why convert Krita Brush to VML?
Convert to or from VML when migrating legacy Office drawings, cleaning up IE-era web content, or translating Microsoft-specific vector markup into SVG, PNG, or modern document formats.
It is mainly a bridge format for archival recovery and standards migration.
What changes when converting Krita Brush to VML?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Size profile changes from medium in Krita Brush to small in VML. Quality profile changes from depends in Krita Brush to scalable in VML. Editability profile changes from moderate in Krita Brush to high in VML. Compatibility profile changes from broad in Krita Brush to moderate in VML. Archival profile changes from moderate in Krita Brush to good in VML. Workflow profile changes from delivery in Krita Brush to design in VML.
Moving to VML removes layer support. Moving to VML adds vector scaling.
What should I review after converting Krita Brush to VML?
Check the exported file for Never became the durable open web vector standard.; Primarily a compatibility and migration concern today..