[Gimp-user] New image too large?

2019-07-11 Thread Eoraptor
>I should have added > >What gets saved with your .xcf file? > >No undo levels. They are only there per-session. Although if you crash >Gimp, there might be a recovery available. > >Layers, Layer Masks, channels, selections, paths, guides, grid >settings, meta data, all saved with the .xcf. > >Th

Re: [Gimp-user] Stitching Photos

2019-07-11 Thread Pat David via gimp-user-list
Or maybe just use "Fit Canvas to Layers" every once in a while? :) https://youtu.be/MYHZaFxor40 On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 9:54 PM Scott Jacobs via gimp-user-list < gimp-user-list@gnome.org> wrote: > >I can't seem to make this work; I don't see any option for enlarging the > >workspace. I can enla

Re: [Gimp-user] New image too large?

2019-07-11 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 2019-07-11 8:12 a.m., rich404 wrote: I have seen horror stories about work lost. Sometimes wonder though. A hurried save - close Gimp - shut down. When saving there is a progress indication bottom of the main window. Give Gimp time to Save. I would expect GIMP to delay program exit until an

Re: [Gimp-user] New image too large?

2019-07-11 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Thu, 2019-07-11 at 12:40 +0200, Eoraptor wrote: > Gimp makes an assumption that I'm going to use > a lot more data than I necessarily intend to, what with layers, > stacks, etc. and that I don't really have to take the size warning > too seriously, am I right? GIMP has a really small default fo

[Gimp-user] New image too large?

2019-07-11 Thread rich404
I should have added What gets saved with your .xcf file? No undo levels. They are only there per-session. Although if you crash Gimp, there might be a recovery available. Layers, Layer Masks, channels, selections, paths, guides, grid settings, meta data, all saved with the .xcf. The (extra) c

[Gimp-user] New image too large?

2019-07-11 Thread rich404
>Thanks for your reply. Looking at the other thread that you pasted >here, I see I'm out of my depth. I'm only a dumb artist and don't have >a lot of tech savvy, usually flying by the seat of my pants. The main >point that you made, if I understand it, is that Gimp makes an >assumption that I'm goi

[Gimp-user] New image too large?

2019-07-11 Thread Eoraptor
>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-64fa3642c75

[Gimp-user] New image too large?

2019-07-11 Thread rich404
>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 exc

Re: [Gimp-user] New image too large?

2019-07-11 Thread Ofnuts
On 7/11/19 10:45 AM, Eoraptor wrote: 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 t

[Gimp-user] New image too large?

2019-07-11 Thread Eoraptor
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