Thanks - will take a look at the settings... I have started checking that other apps are closed while I Gimp - that definitely helps
>** >AFAIK GIMP's memory usage is mostly controlled with >Edit>Preferences>Environment>Resource consumption>Tile cache size. >When >images require more memory Gimp moves the data to disk. Note that this >is virtual memory, if you set it to something much bigger than your >RAM >(or more accurately the available RAM once the system and other apps >are >taken in account) Gimp will just swap like a regular app, so it is >usually best to set it to something smaller than your RAM. -- nateart (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list