- Extension
- .xcf
- .jpt
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- GIMP
- JPEG 2000 Joint Photographic Experts Group
- 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.
- JPEG-2000 Format (JPT) is an image format used for storing and transmitting digital images. It is an open standard based on the JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard and uses wavelet compression algorithms to reduce file size without sacrificing image quality. It supports lossless and lossy compression, color spaces
- MIME Type
- application/x-xcf