12-22-2022, 08:38 PM
(12-22-2022, 06:50 PM)The Mouse Avenger Wrote: I remembered that all of my XCF files were saved on version 2.8, & files from any GIMP version earlier than 2.10 won't open,
Wrong memories. Gimp 2.10 will open files produced by earlier versions(*). I have XCF files as old as 2007 (so produced with Gimp 2.4, and possibly even Gimp 2.2) that are opened by Gimp 2.10. If it doesn't work for a file of yours please share the file.
Files produced by Gimp 2.10 can be in a new format that won't be opened by Gimp 2.8 (dues to new layer modes or compression).
(*) this is called "backward compatibility", and is a given in most computer software. Not ensuring so in a new version is a commercial and PR suicide.