[Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-15 Thread nateart
thanks... >These comments are correct >However, it is the manufacturers, publishers of the products (jigsaw puzzles, posters, products, greeting cards, and magazine ads with their ad specs etc) who specify the specifications for the imagery they will use. And... the licensing agents are aware

[Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-15 Thread OldPhotog
In my case, the files are not especially large. They are jpgs right out of an older Canon Rebel, something like 36x24 inches @ 72 ppi, one layer, at the most two. I'll keep an eye on the problem and see if I can isolate a particular command sequence triggering it. -- OldPhotog (via

Re: [Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-14 Thread Liam R E Quin
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

Re: [Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-14 Thread Rick Strong
enses. You know best. Yes, more layers makes for bigger files. Cram as much memory into your machine as it takes. Time is money. Rick S. -Original Message- From: nateart Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 5:32 PM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Cc: notificati...@gimpusers.com Subject: [Gimp-u

Re: [Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-14 Thread Ofnuts
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

Re: [Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-13 Thread Steve Kinney
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,

[Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-13 Thread nateart
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

[Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-13 Thread nateart
>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, but 20"x30" wall prints can get huge - I assume that

Re: [Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-13 Thread Ofnuts
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

Re: [Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-13 Thread Nate Owens
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. ---

Re: [Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-13 Thread Ofnuts
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

[Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

2017-06-12 Thread OldPhotog
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 it is to use Task Manager to close