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Idea #22297: Can't preview .xcf files without GIMP

bug This entry was marked as not being an idea the 29 July 11. If this is a bug report, please use the Ubuntu bug tracker.
Written by timnwells the 5 Nov 09 at 09:16. Related project: Image Viewer (EoG). Status: Not an idea
Rationale
In nautilus I can see a thumbnail preview of .xcf files but I cannot seem to preview them in Image Viewer. Sometimes it would be good to be able to preview a .xcf file that is still being worked on without having to open it it gimp or export it to another format.
Tags: gimp preview xcf

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Solution #1: Add .xcf support to Image Viewer
Written by timnwells the 5 Nov 09 at 09:16.
Add support for previewing GIMPs .xcf files in Image Viewer.
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Solution #2: use gloobus
Written by BadChoice the 6 Nov 09 at 10:22.
Gloobus can preview xcf files in less than a second. Its really fast and without having to open gimp
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Solution #3: Make a nautilus thumb viewer like dolphin
Written by faelbluhm the 8 Nov 09 at 12:55.
If nautilus make huge thumbs and have a lateral panel, you shold viwer the .xcf file on side bar, like dolphin.
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Solution #4: If not gloobus, ristretto is capable viewing xcf files.
Written by yaknowwat the 16 Nov 09 at 20:26.
Ristretto which I prefer over eye of gnome in their default designs can preview xcf files.

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sri wrote on the 5 Nov 09 at 09:49
I believe this should go as a 'feature request' for GIMP.

-Sri.

snostorm wrote on the 5 Nov 09 at 16:58
This isn't so easy as it may seem. XCF is a very complex format, and is continually changing. It would still be a very useful feature, though!

+1

forteller wrote on the 5 Nov 09 at 18:36
You mean a feature request for Eye of Gnome (aka Image Viewer)

Vahan Harutyunyan (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 29 Jul 11 at 17:04
Please file a bug report for this issue.
Closing in Brainstorm.


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