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KRA to JPG converter, without the upload.

Turn KRA paintings into JPG. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.

Drop KRA files here

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How to convert KRA to JPG

  1. Add your KRA paintings

    Drop KRA (Krita) files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.

  2. JPG is already chosen

    Press Convert. Open Options first if you want to change the defaults. The work happens in this tab.

  3. Download

    Save the JPG, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.

Why ToAny

  • Private by construction

    The KRA to JPG converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your paintings are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.

  • No upload, no queue

    Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.

  • Free, without an account

    No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.

KRA to JPG: what to expect

KRA opens only in Krita, and the layers are meaningless elsewhere. JPG opens on every device and is accepted by practically every upload form. KRA is at home in digital painting that is still being edited; JPG is the usual choice for photos you need to share, upload or print. JPG is lossy, so keep the KRA original if you may need full quality later.

JPG has no transparency, so see-through areas of a KRA are filled with a solid colour, white by default; you can change it under Options. The defaults suit most files. Under Options you can set the quality, aim for a target file size and resize the result.

The picture is the flattened image that Krita stored in the file, so the layers are not kept and cannot be edited afterwards.

KRA vs JPG

KRA

Krita document

KRA is the native file of Krita, the free painting program. It is a ZIP archive holding every layer, its masks and settings, plus a merged preview, so a painting can be reopened and edited layer by layer. Few programs outside Krita read it.

Opens in Krita; some other editors with a plug-in

KRA converter
JPG

JPEG image

JPG (also written JPEG) is the format almost every camera and website uses for photographs. It throws away detail the eye barely notices to keep files small, which is why it suits photos and struggles with sharp text or flat colour.

Opens in Every browser, phone, camera, TV and image app

JPG converter
KRA compared with JPG
KRAKrita documentJPGJPEG image
Stands forKrita DocumentJoint Photographic Experts Group
TypeLayered raster imageRaster image
CompressionLossless (a ZIP container of layers)Lossy
TransparencyYesNo
IntroducedAround 2010, by the Krita project (KDE)1992, by the Joint Photographic Experts Group
Opens inKrita; some other editors with a plug-inEvery browser, phone, camera, TV and image app
Best forDigital painting that is still being editedPhotos you need to share, upload or print
File extension.kra.jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .jif

Questions

Are my paintings uploaded anywhere?

No. The KRA to JPG conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.

Does converting KRA to JPG reduce quality?

JPG is a lossy format, so a small amount of detail is traded for a smaller file. At the default setting the difference is hard to notice. You can raise or lower the quality under Options.

Can I convert several KRA files at once?

Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.

How do I convert KRA to JPG on Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android?

The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the KRA file, press Convert and save the JPG. There is nothing to install.

Is there a file size limit?

Pictures of up to 120 megapixels are accepted (for example 12,000 by 10,000 pixels); a larger one is refused with a message. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.