Re: GIMP Image Size Limits

Kevin,

    You may be running into a limitation of the TIFF library that is
compiled into GIMP as it uses signed 32 bit integers for accessing data.
This is a common issue that arises on the TIFFLib mailing list.  OF
course, there may also be an internal GIMP limitation you are hitting as
well.

    Thanks,
    PeterM


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Myers" <[email protected]>
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Cc: "gimp users" <[email protected]>; "gimpwin users"
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<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:11 PM
Subject: [gimpwin-dev] 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