Reply to post: Re: Overlays

Hardware has never been better, but it isn't a licence for code bloat

Dave 126 Silver badge

Re: Overlays

I seem to recall image editors like Aldus Photostyler had the ability to load and work on only a piece of an image. It was possible in those days for a scanned image to be bigger than the available RAM. Today, CAD software still has a 'Load Lightweight' option.

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