CLIP File

What are CLIP files and how to open them

Are you having problems opening a CLIP file or are you simply curious about its contents? We're here to explain the properties of these files and provide you with software that can open or handle your CLIP files.

What is a CLIP file?

CLIP files have multiple uses, and Clip Studio Paint Page is one of them. Read more about the other uses further down the page.

Clip Studio Paint Page file

Clip Studio Paint is a Japanese drawing program mainly used by illustrators, manga artists, and animation studios. It saves pages (images) in files using the CLIP file extension. In earlier versions of the software, the LIP file extension was used instead. Older versions of the software cannot open CLIP files.

How to open CLIP files

We have identified one CLIP opener that is compatible with this specific type of CLIP file.

Programs that open Clip Studio Paint Page files

Last updated: August 31, 2026

All known file formats using extension .CLIP

While Clip Studio Paint Page file is a popular type of CLIP-file, we know of 2 different uses of the .CLIP file extension. Different software may use files with the same extension for different types of data.

DCTV Paint Clip

DCTV Paint Clip format stores images created by the DCTV hardware-software system for the Amiga. Designed for full-color (24-bit) video painting, image capture, and conversion, it holds digitized or painted stills destined for display on composite video output using DCTV hardware. Typical use includes editing color video frames or stills, mixing them, converting from or to standard Amiga IFF formats (including HAM), and storing "clips" used as parts of larger compositions or for painting brushes or stencils.

Files of this format are written by the DCTV Paint software that comes with the DCTV device made by Digital Creations / Progressive Image Technology. They are intended to be loaded back by that software or compatible Amiga picture viewers that understand DCTV Clip format. Images captured by DCTV take several seconds per frame (slow-scan digitization) and are compressed and stored internally in its custom image clip form for later display or conversion.

Internal structure begins with an IFF FORM containing "DCCL" as the FORM type identifying DCTV Paint Clip. At fixed offsets it holds signature words "FORM" at byte 0, "DCCL" at offset 8, and contains identifying four-character strings such as "BODY", "HVVH", and "MASK" elsewhere in the file.

While we have not verified the apps ourselves yet, our users have suggested two different CLIP openers which you will find listed below.

Various apps that use files with this extension

These apps are known to open certain types of CLIP files. Remember, different programs may use CLIP files for different purposes, so you may need to try out a few of them to be able to open your specific file.

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