Satori Paint (https://www.satoripaint.com/ https://www.satoripaint.com/) achieved the same result (working with too-large files for available RAM) in the late 1

Satori Paint (https://www.satoripaint.com/ https://www.satoripaint.com/) achieved the same result (working with too-large files for available RAM) in the late 1990s. Hugely innovative, vector-based painting that looked like bitmap painting! But it was resolution independent (https://www.satoripaint.com/Tutorials/Workingwithverylargeimages.html https://www.satoripaint.com/Tutorials/Workingwithverylargeim...). Here's a gallery (sadly, thumbnails only): https://web.archive.org/web/20070813084252/http://www.animation-backgrounds.com/soft/software1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070813084252/http://www.animat... And the original of this page showed how it was possible to zoom into an apparent bitmap image to an incredible degree (demonstrating the vector resolution-independence of Satori): https://web.archive.org/web/20070804225012/http://www.animation-backgrounds.com/articles/artic01/art01p1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070804225012/http://www.animat... [As far as I recall, it zoomed into the writing on the clipboard on the right, to show a single period!] Incredible software!