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# IMAGEIO_PNG_FILTER_PAETH

A filter in which each byte is replaced with the difference between it and the Paeth predictor of the bytes to its left, above, and upper left.

```
var IMAGEIO_PNG_FILTER_PAETH: Int32 { get }
```

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