What is the difference between .xcf and .odg?
- Extension
- .xcf
- .odg
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Vector Image
- Developer
- GIMP
- OASIS
- 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.
- The ODG file format is used by Apache OpenOffice’s Draw application to store drawing elements as a vector image. It follows the XML based file format specifications outlined by Advancement of Structural Information Standards (OASIS). ODG represents drawings as vector images using points, lines and curves. Besides OpenOffice, LibreOffice and other applications also provide support for working with ODG file format. Other formats supported by OpenOffice, for example, include ODT, ODF, ODP and ODS.
- MIME Type
- application/x-xcf
- application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics
- Sample
- sample.xcf
- Wikipedia
- .xcf on Wikipedia