>Hello. I have only just installed Gimp and the first thing that >happens is when I try to open a new image at say, 24 inches x 20 >inches with a resolution of 300ppi is get a message saying ' You are >trying to create an image with a size of 1.6 Gb' and goes on to tell >me that this image size exceeds the maximum allowable. I can't work >out how a blank image area of these dimensions amounts to anything >bigger than about 123Mb., as the same space shows up as in Photoshop. >Am I doing something wrong here?
It is because the image in Gimp memory is more than just the bare RGB (3 x 8 bit) value for the number of pixels. There is an undo stack , channels..etc even with a newly opened image. Similar sort of discussion here: https://www.gimpusers.com/mailmsg.php?48bbb62c-f743-2281-0e7b-64fa3642c752%40ninedegreesbelow.com The warning is just advice, you could adjust the limit in preferences (I just ignore it) -- rich404 (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
