What is the difference between .xcf and .pict?
- Name
- GIMP Image
- Picture File
- Extension
- .xcf
- .pict
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- GIMP
- Apple
- 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 file saved in the Macintosh PICT format; may contain both vector and bitmap data and can use thousands of colors; also supports RLE (Run-length encoding) and JPEG compression to reduce the file size.
- MIME Type
- application/x-xcf
- image/pict
- Sample
- sample.xcf
- sample.pict
- Wikipedia
- .xcf on Wikipedia
- .pict on Wikipedia