Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits

2003-01-09 Thread sam ende
On Thursday 09 January 2003 04:31, Kevin Myers wrote: 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? mandrake, is a bit bloated but

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits

2003-01-09 Thread Geoffrey
sam ende wrote: On Thursday 09 January 2003 04:31, Kevin Myers wrote: 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? mandrake, is a

[Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits

2003-01-08 Thread Kevin Myers
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

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits

2003-01-08 Thread Fred Bazolo
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

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits

2003-01-08 Thread Kevin Myers
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

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits

2003-01-08 Thread Fred Bazolo
: 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

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits

2003-01-08 Thread Fred Bazolo
11:22 PM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits Whew! That would be a test of my system! Like I mentioned earlier, the largest files I ever tried to work with were about 100 MB, and although it worked it was too annoying to bother with. But it would be fun to try a 400 mb file. I

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits

2003-01-08 Thread Kevin Myers
, January 08, 2003 11:11 PM Subject: 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

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits

2003-01-08 Thread Fred Bazolo
]; gimpwin users [EMAIL PROTECTED]; gimpwin developers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:11 PM Subject: 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

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits

2003-01-08 Thread Kevin Myers
11:22 PM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits Whew! That would be a test of my system! Like I mentioned earlier, the largest files I ever tried to work with were about 100 MB, and although it worked it was too annoying to bother with. But it would be fun to try a 400 mb file. I

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits

2003-01-08 Thread Kevin Myers
PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Image Size Limits Hi Fred - Thanks for the info. Just encountered some rather surprising results on my own system, and sent you a separate note regarding that. Your results are similar to what I experienced