XCF is GIMP's native format
XCF (eXperimental Computing Facility) stores GIMP's full working state — layers, masks, paths and channels. It's the GIMP equivalent of Photoshop's PSD, and GIMP is what creates it.
Looking to convert JPG to XCF? Here's the honest answer — and what works instead.
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JPG (JPEG) is a lossy raster format that compresses photographs into small files by discarding detail the eye barely notices — the most widely used photo format on the web and in cameras.
JPG opens in every browser, image viewer and editor with no special software.
XCF is GIMP’s native format preserving layers, paths and channels — the open-source equivalent of PSD.
XCF opens in GIMP; export to PNG or PSD for other apps.
Not a real one. XCF is GIMP-specific; the dependable way to get an .xcf is to open your image in GIMP (free and open-source) and save it. SharkFoto can read XCF as a source, but doesn't write it.
Convert your JPG to PSD. PSD is the layered format the widest range of editors — Photoshop, GIMP, Photopea, Affinity — can open.
JPG converts to PSD, PNG, JPG, TIFF and more — free and instant.