Bug 504162 - XCF (GIMP 3) files are broken. They don't display layers and can't add layers.
Summary: XCF (GIMP 3) files are broken. They don't display layers and can't add layers.
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: krita
Classification: Applications
Component: File formats (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.2.9
Platform: Flatpak Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Krita Bugs
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Reported: 2025-05-13 16:17 UTC by jot.s.gam
Modified: 2025-05-13 16:51 UTC (History)
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Description jot.s.gam 2025-05-13 16:17:51 UTC 
SUMMARY
I don't know if it should be major or normal bug. 
I guess GIMP 3 changed the file format. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. make image in GIMP 3.0.2
2. save it as xcf
3. open in krita

OBSERVED RESULT

transparent canvas and no layers

EXPECTED RESULT

working layers

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

OS: Bazzite 42 (FROM Fedora Kinoite) x86_64
Host: 82JU (Legion 5 15ACH6H)
Kernel: Linux 6.13.9-103.bazzite.fc42.x86_64
Uptime: 1 hour, 15 mins
Packages: 2701 (rpm), 80 (flatpak), 4 (brew)
Shell: bash 5.2.37
Display (BOE08E8): 1920x1080 @ 120 Hz in 16" [Built-in]
DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.4
WM: KWin (Wayland)
WM Theme: Breeze
Theme: Breeze (Vapor) [Qt], Vapor [GTK2/3]
Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK3/4]
Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK3/4]
Cursor: breeze (24px)
Terminal: Ptyxis 48.1
Terminal Font: Adwaita Mono (11pt)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H (12) @ 4.28 GHz
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q [Discrete]
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series [Integrated]
Memory: 7.99 GiB / 13.49 GiB (59%)
Swap: 1.25 MiB / 32.84 GiB (0%)
Locale: pl_PL.UTF-8

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
warnings in a console:
```
Warning: requested data for unknown action "path-break-at-selection"
Warning: XCF version 11 not supported (trying anyway...)
```
Comment 1 Halla Rempt 2025-05-13 16:51:04 UTC 
Yeah, the xcf file format has changed and the library we use to read xcf files hasn't been updated yet, so this isn't supported yet. We might just completely drop xcf support since the gimp people never intended for other applications to read their files.