A new project file format is in the works for GIMP, as its current XCF upport larger, complex projects. The famed FOSS image editor has used a binary .xcf format since 1997 for saving projects and allowing them to be opened elsewhere, for editing, with layers, effects and so on. But the development team says it’s noticed “more and more limitations” with the format as the years go on. And with major new features, like animation and multi-page documents, on GIMP’s near-term roadmap, a newer, more capable project file format is being developed. It will use a “zipped XML” structure, common […] 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.