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Custom splash screen PNG file will not show when the PNG have alpha channel

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Description

### System Information

Windows 11

### LMMS Version(s)

1.3.0 alpha and later

### Most Recent Working Version

Not sure, but I remember is 1.2.2

### Bug Summary

When making a new theme, the splash screen PNG file (splash.png) will not be rendered if the image have transparency on it
It is similar to #4511

### Expected Behaviour

lmms should load splash.png on start up regardless of if there is transprency in the png ot not

### Steps To Reproduce

1. add transparency to the custom theme splash.png
2. start LMMS
3. splash screen will not show up

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### Screenshots / Minimum Reproducible Project

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### Please search the issue tracker for existing bug reports before submitting your own.

- [X] I have searched all existing issues and confirmed that this is not a duplicate.

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Research direction

Start by locating the startup splash-screen loading path and how the custom theme file splash.png is handled, then reproduce the issue with a transparent PNG on Windows 11. Done means a themed splash screen renders on startup whether splash.png has transparency or not, with coverage for the reported case.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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