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OpenRaster format #493

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
OpenRaster is an open exchange format for layered raster based graphics.
It might be a good storage format for multi-layer images, without having to 
rely on the quirky stacking GIF.

It can include named layers (issue 373).
On the downside, it's not meant to include application-specific data, so it 
would drop Comment, Cycling colors, Background transparency (not sure).

http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/OpenRaster

Original issue reported on code.google.com by yrizoud on 15 Jun 2012 at 9:08

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
At a first glance, it looks like :
 * XML+Zip wrapper needs us to bring a lot of new code in GrafX2 (unzip/zip and XML parser)
 * Format allows app-specific extensions, so it doesn't really solve anything (it will end up just the same as gif)
 * we can add extensions for our own specific features easily enough, and maybe make them standard
 * The format seems linked to the way GIMP and Krita work. Support for layers with different sizes and positions, embedded text in the XML file, SVG for vector layers, truecolor, complex layer structures (groups and blending modes). So we will not be able to open all files coming from GIMP, for example...

Original comment by pulkoma...@gmail.com on 16 Jun 2012 at 9:57