What is the difference between .xcf and .svg?
- Extension
- .xcf
- .svg
- Format
- Binary
- Text
- Category
- Raster Image
- Vector Image
- Developer
- GIMP
- Adobe Systems
- 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.
- An SVG file is a graphics file that uses a two-dimensional vector graphic format created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It describes images using a text format that is based on XML. SVG files are developed as a standard format for displaying vector graphics on the web.
- MIME Type
- application/x-xcf
- image/svg+xml
- Sample
- sample.xcf
- sample.svg
- Wikipedia
- .xcf on Wikipedia
- .svg on Wikipedia