What is the difference between .xcf and .jxr?
- Name
- GIMP Image
- JPEG XR Image
- Extension
- .xcf
- .jxr
- Format
- 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.
- Image stored in the JPEG XR format, which was originally developed by Microsoft for Windows Media software; supports deep color images with 48-bit RGB; used for high-resolution professional image editing; also supports lossless and lossy compression.
- MIME Type
- application/x-xcf
- image/vnd.ms-photo
- Sample
- sample.xcf
- sample.jxr
- Wikipedia
- .xcf on Wikipedia
- .jxr on Wikipedia