Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits

Sorry Fred and all, my apologies, 400KB was a serious typo.  That should
have read 400MB!

s/KAM


----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Bazolo" <[email protected]>
To: "gimp users" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits


I am curious about your file sizes though: 400 KB doesn't sound all that
big;
actually, that sounds pretty small. Also, I'm not very technical so bear
with
me, but isn't 5 times 400 KB about 2.0 MB? What am I missing here?

On Wednesday 08 January 2003 23:31, Kevin Myers wrote:
> Under Windows I am running into a problem where the GIMP's pixel buffer
> seems to hit a 2GB file size limit when my gray scale TIFF image files
> excede roughly 400KB in size.  I'm guessing the buffer requires 5 bytes
per
> pixel (RGB, transparency, ?), even though all of that isn't really needed
> for my images.
>
> I need to work with these images absolutely ASAP.  Because all of the
> machines involved are running Windoze, I was hoping to stick with that.
> However, it's starting to look like that is a hopeless cause given my poor
> porting skills and the apparant lack of interest of most gimp developers
in
> addressing this problem under Windoze (at least in the near term).
>
> So, I'm starting to consider using Linux instead, and have two related
> questions:
>
> 1. Can anyone out there positively confirm that running the GIMP under a
> fairly recent version of Linux would avoid any inherent 2GB pixel buffer
> size limit?  I can provide some images for testing if anyone would like to
> volunteer...
>
> 2. Would anyone out there care to suggest a readily available commercial
> Linux distribution that is extremely easy to install, learn, and use for
> unsophisticated users with primarily Windblows experience?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> s/KAM
>
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