.XCFXZ File Extension

While GIMP users typically save images in the native XCF format, they may also export them as compressed archives to reduce their size. The software provides several compression options besides XZ, including the bzip2 and gzip compression algorithms.

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

Since XCFXZ files are XZ archives, you can use a compression utility that supports XZ archives to extract the XCF images they contain. However, you may need to rename the .xcfxz file extension to .xz before decompressing the XCFXZ file. Possible options include 7-Zip (Windows), Apple Archive Utility (Mac), and PeaZip (multiplatform).

GIMP can convert XCFXZ files to various file types, including the following formats:

• .XCF - GIMP Image
• .JPG - JPEG Image
• .PNG - Portable Network Graphic
• .BMP - Bitmap Image
• .JXL - JPEG XL Image
• .TIF - Tagged Image File Format
• .GIF - Graphical Interchange Format
• .WEBP - WebP Image
• .HEIC - High Efficiency Image Format
• .PDF - Portable Document Format