What is the difference between .xcf and .exr?
- Name
- GIMP Image
- OpenEXR Image
- Extension
- .xcf
- .exr
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- GIMP
- Industrial Light & Magic
- 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.
- Raster image stored in the OpenEXR format, a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed by Industrial Light & Magic; supports multi-layer images, lossy and lossless compression, and 16-bit and 32-bit pixels; used for storing deep raster images for high-quality graphics; used by raster graphics editing programs and imaging applications.
- MIME Type
- application/x-xcf
- image/x-exr
- Sample
- sample.xcf
- sample.exr
- Wikipedia
- .xcf on Wikipedia
- .exr on Wikipedia