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mtPaint now supports webp images

October 08, 2024 — BarryK

WEBP image files, with ".webp" extension, are not very well supported in EasyOS. Discussed in the forum:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=12789

I have compiled mtPaint version 3.50.10 in OpenEmbedded, with .webp support. Note that the latest mtpaint is not 3.51 as is suggested in the forum thread, it is 3.50.10. Yes, the README file here says "3.51", but the latest release identifies itself as "3.50.10":

https://github.com/wjaguar/mtPaint

Also modified /usr/bin/build-rox-sendto so that now click on a .webp file will open it in mtPaint, as well as mtpaint will show in the right-click menu.

Gimp in EasyOS is still not compiled with webp support. Personally, that doesn't concern me, as I very much like mtPaint and it does everything I want in an image editor.  

Tags: easy