images into Gimp (loading a 100 MB image into Gimp is no problem). Version 0.99 also introduced a new native Gimp file format called XCF. The new API made it really easy to write extensions and plug-ins for flatten the layers in your image before you save it, unless you are saving in XCF format (Gimp’s native file format) or creating a GIF ani- mation. Gimp supports many different file formats; the exact for some file formats. Let’s take a quick look at each of the different file formats. • XCF: The native Gimp format. It supports layers and other Gimp- specific information. If you save your image in a

the Undo History is a component of an image, it is not saved when you save the image using GIMP's native XCF format, which preserves every other image property. When the image is reopened, it will have tool. Paths, like layers and channels, are components of an image. When an image is saved in GIMP's native XCF file format, any paths it has are saved along with it. The list of paths in an image can be capable of reading and writing a large variety of graphics file formats. With the exception of GIMP's native XCF file type, file handling is done by plug-ins. Thus, it is relatively easy to extend GIMP to

the Undo History is a component of an image, it is not saved when you save the image using GIMP’s native XCF format, which preserves every other image property. When the image is reopened, it will have capable of reading and writing a large variety of graphics file formats. With the exception of GIMP’s native XCF file type, file handling is done by Plugins. Thus, it is relatively easy to extend GIMP to new open, can also be used for saving. There is one file format that is special, though: XCF is GIMP’s native format, and is useful because it stores everything about an image (well, almost everything; it does

the Undo History is a component of an image, it is not saved when you save the image using GIMP’s native XCF format, which preserves every other image property. When the image is reopened, it will have capable of reading and writing a large variety of graphics file formats. With the exception of GIMP’s native XCF file type, file handling is done by Plugins. Thus, it is relatively easy to extend GIMP to support open, can also be used for saving. There is one file format that is special, though: XCF is GIMP’s native format, and is useful because it stores everything about an image (well, almost everything; it does

GIMP NOTES UNIT IV D e v e l o p e d B y - S a r o j J u n g h a r e Page 13 The native file format in GIMP is XCF, but it is only used for editing images within GIMP. When you finish