Comment on Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency
quazar@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Does it still save in one of the most basic but still GIGANTIC file sizes?
Comment on Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency
quazar@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Does it still save in one of the most basic but still GIGANTIC file sizes?
Tschuuuls@feddit.de 1 year ago
Don’t hate on Bitmap files.
pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
They are good for glitch art (open in text editor and start mangling and you get some really cool results)
AndreTelevise@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It’s like corrupting 8-bit games, isn’t it?
pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I couldn’t tell you the technical reasons, but yeah same concept: Break the source data in just the right way that the end result is interpret-able, but with interesting defects. There is a bit of an art to cutting and pasting and sculpting the data in just the right way. You get a feel for it after a while.
tacosplease@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Watch me
callyral@pawb.social 1 year ago
what are bitmap files? are they just a list of pixels or something else
icydefiance@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That’s exactly what they are. Apparently they can optionally use 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.