* Tor Lillqvist (tml@xxxxxx) [000528 16:43]: > Hago Ziegler writes: > > Now he told me that he can't find sources or specifications, so he can't do > > it. > > Huh? The GIMP sources are easy to find. The only documentation for the > xcf format *is* the source code in xcf.c and other files. Actually, there is a document describing the format in the docs/ directory of the source tree. It might not be perfectly up to date, but I suspect its fairly close. > reason to use xcf format in the first place is when you are working on > some multi-layer or otherwise complex image in the GIMP and want to > save it between editing sessions, wouldn't it be counter-productive if > IrfanView would show only the bottom layer? No, you store all niftiness such as paths, etc. Though if you can't view the layers, its not as cool/useful. From a work standpoint, it only makes sense though - you'd have to implement every layer/mask/channel/etc mode and behavior to properly see files. > Xcf is not intended to be an image distribution format, or an image > interchange format between applications. I don's see why anybody would > distribute xcf images except if they are 100% sure that the > recipient(s) are going to work on them with the (same version of) > GIMP. I'll agree with this. But it'd be nice to be able to let image cataloging programs at least get a reasonable thumbnail; something to discuss for future xcf formats I suppose... Seth Burgess sjburges@xxxxxxxx
