What is the difference between .xcf and .bmp3?
- Name
- GIMP Image
- Bitmap Image
- Extension
- .xcf
- .bmp3
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- GIMP
- Microsoft
- Description
- 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.
- BMP3 (Bitmap 3) is a file format for storing and sharing digital images. It is a variant of the BMP (Bitmap) format, which is a commonly used image file format that is supported by many different operating systems and applications.
- MIME Type
- application/x-xcf
- image/bmp
- Sample
- sample.xcf
- sample.bmp3
- Wikipedia
- .xcf on Wikipedia
- .bmp3 on Wikipedia