Hmm... Is this problem independant of the pixel size of the bitmap you move? If you reduce the zoom level to postage-stamp level, you still get the same issue, correct? (Just to eliminate possible video driver setup problems).
On Wednesday 16 December 2009 11:12:02 Orion Vianna - [email protected] wrote: > Sean Dague wrote: > > On 12/16/2009 01:18 AM, Orion Vianna wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'm having problems with gimp and image files of 150mb and larger - > >> psd and tiff format (I haven't tried others). > >> Gimp is taking a couple of seconds to show the selection from the > >> eclipse tool for example. Moving a layer is real slow & most other > >> operations takes a long time to render. I disabled compiz but the > >> problem persists. > >> > >> My machine has 6gb ram & Intel core Duo p9700 2.8ghz. Should be > >> enough right? I have 3gb set on title cache size on gimps preferences > >> which improved a bit but the performance its far from being usable. > >> > >> Anyone knows any tricks to make gimp more responsive? a 150mb file is > >> really not that large... > > > > Hmmm... I always thought 150 MB image file was huge. :) > > > > Have you looked at what the memory footprint of gimp is when it's > > running with this image? > > > > -Sean > > Gimp is using about 900mb. > I'm testing the same files inside a vmware player 7 virtual machine with > adobe using 900mb of ram and performance is fine. > Virtual Machine is set to use 2gb of ram. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Dec 2 - MythTV > Jan 6 - Git _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Dec 2 - MythTV Jan 6 - Git
