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Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency (arstechnica.com)
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[–] quazar@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does it still save in one of the most basic but still GIGANTIC file sizes?

[–] Tschuuuls@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't hate on Bitmap files.

[–] callyral@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what are bitmap files? are they just a list of pixels or something else

[–] icydefiance@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's pretty much it. Apparently the format optionally supports compression and even transparency, but last time I used paint it didn't do any of that, which is why the files were so massive.