[geeks] RE: [geeks] Re: [geeks] Re: [geeks] Re: [geeks] T H E??b r i Q

[Brian Hechinger]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 09:54:05PM -0400, joshua d boyd wrote:
> 
> The last time I was in the gimp, I had 1 file open.  10.5x8
> inches.  300dpi.  32bit color.  5 layers.  Plus additional clip masks,
> which are 8bit chanels.  Err, that is a 151+ megs.  I have 192.  If it is
> swapping desperately, then I suspect that it is using more memory
> somewhere.  Either that or I have tile caching improperly tuned.  However,
> the fact that it keeps a fairly large undo buffer makes me think that a
> lot of memory is used for things other than just loading the file.

ok, see i don't do that kinda stuff.  i'm taking pictures from my digital camera
(1600x1200x24 JPEG images, something like 700K in size usually) cropping if
needed and resizing to my liking.  although now that i've started using album
i don't need to do the resizing anymore.

> My process was scan the different pieces on a windows machine, then
> transfer the whole load to my linux box, composite, do corrections, then
> flatten to a new file, transfer back to windows machine for
> printing.  Sure, I probably coulda scanned and printed on linux, but this
> was a borrowed scanner and printer, and it was faster just to connect them
> to my sister's machine and let plug and pray do it's thing.

sounds like a hassle, but the "easier hassle" :)

> Thing is, I don't get paid for doing this type of thing, and when doing it
> is the main time I need more RAM currently, so I find it hard to justify
> to myself buying more RAM at this time, even with as cheap as it is.

there is never a good reason to not have your ram maxed.  i've never found one
anyway. :)

-brian