Bug 403049

Summary:	17.12.3 does not open *.xcf files. The previous version did.
Product:	[Applications] kolourpaint	Reporter:	Doug <doveglass>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kolourpaint-support
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	martin
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	18.04
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	attachment-714-0.html

Description Doug 2019-01-09 19:57:04 UTC

SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Click File > Open. 
2. Navigate to an *.xcf file. 
3. Try to open it.

OBSERVED RESULT

It does not open and there's an error message that kolourpaint cannot not open *.xcf files. 
 


EXPECTED RESULT

kolourpaint should open *.xcf files ( made in Gimp ) so I can save it as *.png, as it did in the previous version.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon with kde-runtime 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I have to boot Mint 18.3 ( other partition ) to use the previous version for *.xcf processing.

Comment 1 Martin Koller 2019-01-09 20:06:05 UTC

kolourpaint does not implement the ability to read any file format.
This is done by using KDE's imageformat plugins.
On my system xcf is handled by /usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/imageformats/kimg_xcf.so
which is here part of the kimageformats rpm package.

Check your installation - something is missing.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2019-01-09 23:04:45 UTC

This might be a duplicate of bug 360821. GIMP has changed the .xcf image format for GIMP 2.9 and later, so if you also upgraded GIMP, you could check if it is possible to write in the old (GIMP 2.8) format. If not, exporting to any other lossless format (.png or .tiff) should also work.

Comment 3 Doug 2019-01-10 19:54:30 UTC

Created attachment 117388 [details]
attachment-714-0.html

Thank you for your quick response.
I'll give your suggestions a try.In the meantime, I found a go-around.  Pix can open Gimp *.xcf images and save them as *.png.
Again, thank you,Doug

    On Wednesday, January 9, 2019, 3:04:49 PM PST, Christoph Feck <bugzilla_noreply@kde.org> wrote:  
 
 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403049

--- Comment #2 from Christoph Feck <cfeck@kde.org> ---
This might be a duplicate of bug 360821. GIMP has changed the .xcf image format
for GIMP 2.9 and later, so if you also upgraded GIMP, you could check if it is
possible to write in the old (GIMP 2.8) format. If not, exporting to any other
lossless format (.png or .tiff) should also work.