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[Pyrotex]

Please allow me to clear up some misinfo.
I can open all the Paint 3.1 files in "modern" Paint.
I can then save the files as .bmp or as .jpeg or as .gif

The .bmp files are too big for Hypography to upload.

The "uploader" cannot SEE my .jpeg and .gif files. I think this is a bug, and have reported it.

Now, the problem with "modern" Paint app is that several of the "easter egg" functions, which were undocumented in Paint 3.1, and were apparently removed from subsequent versions, are crucial to this style of art-making. For example, there was a variable size circle-shaped tool which would change any specified color pixel to any other specified color, as you passed the tool over the picture. Way cool. And M$ changed the color palette, adding a number of new colors. I think this was the transition from 16-colors to 24-colors. (?) You may think that sounds good, but it messed up the ability to erase or change specific colors in older files. And the Shift key used to force whatever tool you were using to straight paths that were horizontal, perpendicular or on a 45 degree slant. There was another function triggered by Shift-Control-Alt on the Eraser tool, but I can't remember what it was -- only that it was awesome. And the "modern" paint spray tool is a piece of crap compared to what it was like in Paint 3.1.

Anyway, that's why I can't do art in "modern" Paint the way I used to in 3.1.

I'll post a few more as I get time. I have about 60 in all.