What is the difference between .xcf and .vicar?
- Name
- GIMP Image
- VICAR Image
- Extension
- .xcf
- .vicar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Scientific
- Developer
- GIMP
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- 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 VICAR (Video Image Communication And Retrieval) Image file format is a flexible, image-processing and data format system used primarily by the planetary science community. Developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for storing and managing digital images from space missions, VICAR files are designed to support a wide range of image types, including scientific and engineering data from various spacecraft instruments. This format is characterized by its ability to handle multi-dimensional arrays of data.
- MIME Type
- application/x-xcf
- image/x-vicar
- Sample
- sample.xcf
- sample.vicar
- Wikipedia
- .xcf on Wikipedia
- .vicar on Wikipedia