The checkers in the background are a representation of transparency, in other words where you see the checkers it is transparent.
Because developers cannot make their application transparent when an image has transparencies, for example seeing your Desktop thru GIMP, the checkers in the background are a representation of transparency, in other words where you see the checkers it is transparent.
It's a standard, image viewers have checker, Krita has checkers, Photoshop has checkers, etc, etc...
Because developers cannot make their application transparent when an image has transparencies, for example seeing your Desktop thru GIMP, the checkers in the background are a representation of transparency, in other words where you see the checkers it is transparent.
It's a standard, image viewers have checker, Krita has checkers, Photoshop has checkers, etc, etc...
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