.XCFGZ File Extension

GIMP Image Gzip Archive

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What is an XCFGZ file?

An XCFGZ file is an archive that stores an .XCF file and is compressed with the GNU zip (gzip) compression algorithm by GIMP, an open-source image editor. It is a .GZ archive that users export from GIMP when backing up XCF images or transferring to another location. XCFGZ files are more often saved as .XCF.GZ files.

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GIMP is a layer-based image editor used by photographers, illustrators, and graphic designers to create and alter raster graphics. XCF is the native format for saving images with GIMP, but the software also allows you to save images as archives with different types of compression. Besides gzip compression, you can export XCF images as archives compressed with bzip2 (.XCF.BZ2 and .XCFBZ2 files) and XZ (.XCF.XZ and .XCFXZ files) compression.

How to open an XCFGZ file

You can open XCFGZ files with GIMP in Windows, macOS, and Linux. To open an XCFGZ file with GIMP, select File → Open.

Since XCFGZ files are GZ archives, you can use a compression utility that supports the GZ format to extract the XCF images they contain. However, you may need to rename the .xcfgz file extension to .gz before decompressing an XCFGZ file. Possible utilities include Apple Archive Utility (Mac), 7-Zip (Windows), and PeaZip (multiplatform).