[lug] Are xcf (gimp) files that much smaller than bmps?

[Andrew Diederich]

I was playing around with a 3mb bmp file, added a layer.  Since you can't
save layers in bmps, I guess, I used the gimp native format, xcf.  The xcf
file is 480kb, the bmp is 3070kb.  

Are xcf files really that much better at compression than windows bitmaps?

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Andrew Diederich