GIMP 2.8.16 unable to open ORA files

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I'm trying to edit/combine paintings I did in Krita with GIMP. Because GIMP can't open .kra files I saved them as .ora files. However, GIMP is unable to open any .ora files, including ones I made using the "Export" option in this version of GIMP.

I run a Windows 10, 64 bit computer. Using GIMP 2.8.16, it has the Open Raster Save & Load plugins.

I get this message: OpenRaster plug-In could not open image

No other info. The best, most recent thing I found regarding this was this: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2016-January/msg01852.html

But I don't know how to read it.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks.

user2934942

Posted 2016-12-05T07:03:32.450

Reputation: 23

Why do you use 2.8.16 when 2.8.18 has been available for quite some time? – Michael Schumacher – 2016-12-05T07:12:44.550

Because I was working on a school project & hadn't updated recently. I don't use it super frequently, hadn't used it for months. Therefore, had not updated. Do you know anything about the problem I'm having? – user2934942 – 2016-12-05T08:05:47.817

Also, this question might be more on-topic on SuperUser - but please do not just create another post there, this one could be migrated. – Michael Schumacher – 2016-12-05T15:18:30.080

Answers

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GIMP 2.8.16 was released in November 2015. The change you have linked to is a bug fix to the OpenRaster plug-in. It was done in January 2016 and is thus not included in the 2.8.16 release.

You have two options to get a working plug-in:

  1. Change the file-openraster.py file of your current GIMP install as indicated, i.e. remove those lines that have a "-" sign in front of them in the diff shown in the commit message.

or

  1. Get GIMP 2.8.18 from https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ - this also includes a fix for CVE-2016-4994, which allows crashing GIMP by crafted XCF files.

Michael Schumacher

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