On Tue, 2017-06-13 at 23:32 +0200, nateart wrote:
> My work is mostly geared to print, commonly 300dpi. Greeting cards
> (normally 5"x7" or double) are one thing, but 20"x30" wall prints can
> get huge - I assume
> that the number of layers in a file would be a factor?
Yes. I routinely work with
DPI depends on whether the 20" x 30" wall prints are mechanically printed
posters or real "photographic" prints. Photographers usually prefer that
their big wall photographs are as sharp as possible. After all, they've
spent all that money on pricey cameras and prime lenses. You know best.
On 06/14/17 00:40, Steve Kinney wrote:
The word "humongous" comes to mind. Some things I would suggest is
cropping layers that do not fill the entire image, so they do not eat up
any more memory than necessary; avoid converting text layers to image
layers where and as possible; and maybe most
On 06/13/2017 05:32 PM, nateart wrote:
>> Thanks - will take a look at the settings... I have started checking
>> that other apps are closed while I Gimp - that definitely helps
>
> My work is mostly geared to print, commonly 300dpi. Greeting cards (normally
> 5"x7" or double) are one thing,
On 06/13/17 12:16, Nate Owens wrote:
The answers need to come from the programmers. - I post observations
(not solutions) from my own experience. -- 1: Some software allows
choosing of the amount of ram that it will access. 2: Some software
will only access a certain amount of ram regardless
The answers need to come from the programmers. - I post observations (not
solutions) from my own experience. -- 1: Some software allows choosing of
the amount of ram that it will access. 2: Some software will only access a
certain amount of ram regardless of the amount that you have available. ---
On 06/11/17 04:00, OldPhotog wrote:
I have repeatedly had the recent problem in 2.8 on a Windows 10 machine, that in
the midst of editing a photo, the move tool gets selected and "locks,"
preventing any other action whatsoever in GIMP -- nothing I have tried releases
it, and the only way to stop
