Re: [Gimp-user] Environment settings & big images

2004-04-22 Thread Jaco Swart
Kevin Myers wrote: Ummm, well that known fact isn't completely true. In actual fact, Photoshop will *not* handle many of the large images that we work with at all, whereas the GIMP will do so with no problem. Photoshop has an inherent 32K maximum pixel limitation in both height and width that th

[Gimp-user] Re: Environment settings & big images

2004-04-22 Thread Jaco Swart
Hi Kevin Kevin Myers wrote: As mentioned in my previous message, Photoshop's limit is 32K maximum pixels in either dimension. Your image did not exceed this limit in either dimension. We typically work with images that are up to several hundred thousand pixels in one dimension, by 2 or 3 thousa

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Environment settings & big images

2004-04-23 Thread Jaco Swart
Steve Crane wrote: Do you have any variant of Microsoft SQL Server on that machine? SQL Server loads as a service (i.e. when the machine starts up) and will grab as much memory as it can. If so, stop the SQL services and try working with the GIMP again. Might make a difference. No... not.

Re: [Gimp-user] Web background

2004-05-06 Thread Jaco Swart
Dear Gimpers, Since Steve already showed the way, I'll just mention that I was used to Photoshop's Save for Web feature when I started using Gimp. These days, I actually prefer the Gimp method. I'm sure its faster. But there is more: With the Gimp, you can access any window that you might want