Image::ExifTool::GIMP(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::GIMP(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::GIMP - Read meta information from GIMP XCF images

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains definitions required by Image::ExifTool to read meta information from GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) XCF (eXperimental Computing Facility) images. This is the native image format used by the GIMP software.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<https://developer.gimp.org/core/setup/git/>

<http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gimp/trunk/devel-docs/xcf.txt?view=markup>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"GIMP Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-10-28 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Image::ExifTool::GIMP(3pm) from exiftool 13.60-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool