- Extension
- .sci
- .xcf
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- RIX SoftWorks, Inc.
- GIMP
- Description
- The sci file type is associated with ColoRIX, a once-popular image editing software developed in the late 1980s for use on DOS-based personal computers. These files are essentially image files that contain graphics data, including the layout, colors, and other image attributes defined by the ColoRIX software. The sci format was specifically designed to support the capabilities of the ColoRIX program, enabling users to create and manipulate digital images with a variety of tools and effects offered by the software. While the ColoRIX program and its associated sci file format are largely obsolete in modern computing, they represent an early example of digital image editing technology.
- The XCF file format is the native image format used by GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image editing, free-form drawing, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks. XCF stands for eXperimental Computing Facility, which was the name of the lab where GIMP was originally developed. XCF files are designed to store all the information that GIMP needs to accurately render an image.
- MIME Type
- image/cpi
- application/x-xcf
