thumbnail for XCF files

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On 11/10/25 12:45 PM, kaizubg at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This has been on my list of wanted, but not requested, digiKam feature 
> list quite some time.
> 
> Tested with a recent 8.9.0 appimage on Fredora 43 . The thumbnail and 
> the preview of the XCF file are visible on digiKam correctly.
> 
Hi
Correctly with "non destructive editing", did you test it?
See report about three XCF issues and their causes:
KImageformats doesn't display some XCF files created with Gimp 3
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491795

> Thanks!
> 
> Kai
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ma, 2025-11-10 kello 10:20 +0100, Gilles Caulier kirjoitti:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The XCF thumbnailer comes from the KDE kimageformat codecs collection.
>> The KDE framework used in 8.8.0 is not the last stable version
>> published. Thttps://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kimageformats/-/ 
>> issueshis <https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kimageformats/-/issueshis>
>> can explain the dysfunction if this one is now fixed in the last
>> version of code.
>>
>> I plan to update the KDE framework for the digiKam 8.9.0.
>>
>> XCF code history :
>> https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kimageformats/-/commits/master/src/ 
>> imageformats/xcf.cpp?ref_type=heads <https://invent.kde.org/ 
>> frameworks/kimageformats/-/commits/master/src/imageformats/xcf.cpp? 
>> ref_type=heads>
>> KDE framework used in 8.8.0 : 6.17.0 (2025-08-08)
>> Current KDE framework version : 6.19.0 (2025-10-16)
>>
>> To report this problem (if it's not yet fixed), please create an
>> UPSTREAM bug in this repository:
>>
>> https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kimageformats/-/issues <https:// 
>> invent.kde.org/frameworks/kimageformats/-/issues>
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Le lun. 10 nov. 2025 à 09:45, frederic chaume
>> <frederic.chaume at gmail.com <mailto:frederic.chaume at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I'm using Gimp 3.0 to create pictures, and until DK8.7, I was able to
>>> see the thumbnail of the xcf file, but in DK8.8, if I modify the file, I
>>> don't see the thmbnail any more , just the file type (XCF).
>>> Any idea?
>>>
>>> I'm on Win11
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Frederic
>>>
>>>
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