A new project file format is in the works for GIMP, as the existing one can’t handle larger, complex projects. Since 1997, the famed FOSS image editor has used the binary .xcf format to save projects so layers, effects and anything else can be edited and adjusted again – which doesn’t happen in a flat file export to JPEG or PNG. But, writing in a recent development update, the team has said it’s finding “more and more limitations” in the current format. And with major new features, like animation and multi-page documents, on GIMP’s near-term roadmap, it’s begun working on a […]You're reading GIMP is (finally) working on a new project file format, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.