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Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been waiting for years for "non-destructive edition" (AKA smart objects). It's a fundamental feature that I use (almost?) always as a first step. IMHO a lof of professional work is not practical without it.

They had it on the roadmap (see 2020 archive) for years marked as "No[t started]". The current roadmap looks more promising with "link layers" marked as WIP and saying it could be available on GIMP 3.0.2.