brief Katie image format documentation

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\section1 Katie Image Format
The Katie image format is faster and in most cases smaller
substitute for the PNG format. Its usage should be primarily
in caching and short-lived transfers such as sending QImage
trough socket.
Your code should be prepared to discard any image in that
format and generate a new image in case loading fails as the
format (its header and the way image data is stored) may change
from release to release.
\section1 Image Information
QImage provides a collection of functions that can be used to