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XCF at a glance
XCF
XCF reflects the long history of GIMP as an open-source raster editor with its own native document model rather than as a lightweight clone of consumer image viewers.
ICB at a glance
ICB
The Truevision line grew out of EPICenter-era PC graphics boards, and several board names ended up surviving as filename extensions even when the underlying raster structure stayed close to the wider TGA family.
Format comparison
| Feature | XCF | ICB |
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| File type | Image | Image |
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| Compression / quality | depends | depends |
| File size characteristics | medium | medium |
| Compatibility | broad | broad |
| Editability | moderate | moderate |
| Created year | 1995 | 1991 |
| Inventor | GIMP community | Truevision |
| Status | proprietary | active |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Not supported |
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| Archival suitability | moderate | moderate |
| Metadata handling | moderate | moderate |
| Delivery profile | strong | strong |
| Workflow fit | delivery | delivery |
| Layer support | Supported | Not supported |
| Vector scaling | Supported | Not supported |
| Camera raw data | Not supported | Not supported |
| HDR support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Streaming ready | Not supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use XCF
- capture ingest
- editing
- web or print delivery
- Preserves editable GIMP document state.
When to use ICB
- capture ingest
- editing
- web or print delivery
- Important for long-tail compatibility with historic Truevision-era assets.
FAQs
Why convert XCF to ICB?
Choose ICB as target when recovering historical raster assets from Truevision-era systems or normalizing old image archives before moving them into PNG, TIFF, or another contemporary format.
What changes when converting XCF to ICB?
Convert to ICB when recovering historical raster assets from Truevision-era systems or normalizing old image archives before moving them into PNG, TIFF, or another contemporary format. It is mainly a compatibility target for legacy graphics collections.
What should I review after converting XCF to ICB?
After conversion, review these destination checks: Open converted output in ImageMagick and verify behavior on real samples; Compare output against the expected depends quality profile; Weak modern software recognition compared with ordinary.tga files.
How can I keep quality stable in XCF to ICB conversion?
Run representative samples, keep settings deterministic, and monitor these risks: Public documentation is mostly historical or secondary; Weak modern software recognition compared with ordinary.tga files; Validate destination compatibility before large-batch conversion.