Appendix - GIMP 2.6 for Photographers: Image Editing with Open Source Software - page 356

5.7 Native GIMP File Formats

Note: GIMP 2.6 can also save animations in MNG format, a format derived
from PNG for animations for the Internet. However, most browsers, except for
the Konqueror, don't support this format yet, or they support it only when you
have installed an additional plug-in.

File Type Filename Extension Open Save

Alias|Wavefront Pix image *.pix, *.matte, *.mask, *.alpha,

*.als

Yes Yes

Autodesk FLIC animation *.fli, *.flc Yes Yes

BMP—Windows bitmap *.bmp Yes Yes

Bzip archive *.xcf.bz2, *.bz2, *.xcfbz2 Yes Yes

C source code *.c No Yes

C header file *.h No Yes

DICOM image *.dcm, *.dicom Yes Yes

Encapsulated PostScript *.eps Yes Yes

FITS—Flexible Image Transport System *.fit, *.fits Yes Yes

G3 fax image *.g3 Yes No

GIF—Graphics Interchange Format *.gif Yes Yes

GIMP Pattern *.pat Yes Yes

GIMP Brush *.gbr, *.gpb Yes Yes

GIMP Brush (animated) *gih Yes Yes

GIMP XCF image *.xcf Yes

layer-enabled

Yes
layer-enabled

Gzip archive *.xcf.gz, *.gz, *.xcfgz Yes Yes

HTML formatted table html, htm No Yes

JPEG—Joint Photographic Experts Group *.jpeg, *.jpg, *.jpe Yes Yes

KISS CEL *.cel Yes Yes

Microsoft Windows icon *.ico Yes Yes