If I have an XCF file (or any other supported by Gimp) how can I convert it to, for example, PNG for display or further processing?
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A:
I guess ImageMagick should do what you want (and even more)
convert image.xcf image.png
jassuncao
2009-03-10 14:20:21
From my experience, current versions of ImageMagick have very buggy support for XCF. Various layer sizes cause the resulting image to be completely black. I also experience alpha channel bugs (solid pixels appearing from nowhere).
Sam Hocevar
2010-08-16 22:10:15
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A:
Very few, if any, programs other than GIMP read XCF files. This is by design from the GIMP developers, the format is not really documented or supported as a general-purpose file format.
That being said, look into using GIMP itself, using command line arguments (especially the --batch option).
EDIT: It looks as if ImageMagick does support XCF, so that is probably an easier route if the support seem so be good enough. I haven't tested it, and the documentation doesn't say much. I would be a bit wary.
unwind
2009-03-10 14:21:45
Looks like imagemagick's convert works. I would prefer using GIMP since it surely supports its own format better, and also supports other formats. I have tried looking into GIMP from shell but it's a bit unintuitive. Can you perhaps drop an example or two on converting with GIMP,or a link with docs?
Ivan Vučica
2009-03-14 09:57:41