I'm just wondering if a compressed file format such as png uses up memory equal to its size, or if it's "decompressed" before loaded into memory? I'm using OpenGL and SDL_image to open image files, by the way.
I'm just wondering if a compressed file format such as png uses up memory equal to its size, or if it's "decompressed" before loaded into memory? I'm using OpenGL and SDL_image to open image files, by the way.
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