> On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 09:23, Toralf Lund wrote: > > What is the best software for viewing large image files (TIFF, JPG, > > PNG...) on a Red Hat system? - I don't mean "large" as in a > screen-full or > > two, but rather file sizes of several 100Mbs, if not Gbs. > > > > I have sucessfully not only viewed but worked on images as large as > 120MB in the Gimp. I never had a machine I would dream of loading a > GB+ > file on :) You mean, you've never had a processor faster than about 100Mhz or more than 64Mb memory ;-) I've loaded GB+ images on such a config, no problem at all. It's just a matter of not being stupid enough to assume that the complete image will fit into memory for all files. Unfortunately, most image viewers do seem to make such an assumption...
> > If you are going to be doing work on large files there is an article > here > > http://www.graphics-muse.com/cgi/gmGimp.pl/gimp/articles/1999/15/article.html > > That is several years old but has some tips that work to speed up the > working with large images. Mainly increasing the tile (size disk io) > and reducing the undo levels (memory used) > > Good luck, > > Bret > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
