ek22 wrote:
GIMP Version: 2.8.2
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: XP - SP3
GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level
List any ERROR messages you received:
Could not allocate xxx mb of memory.
I'm working on a fairly large image. 3700 x 4000 px. Under certain circumstances GIMP crashes. I already changed tile cache size to 2 gigs. This seems to have lessened the problem, but GIMP still crashes every so often when I try to gaussian blur, merge down a layer, apply curves etc. Not even scripts, these are filters that came originally with the program. I've also increased my virtual memory since it's Windows XP sp3. Memory -should- not be an issue, and it isn't in any other program I run except GIMP. GIMP keeps crashing with a pop up that states it could not allocate a certain amount of memory. I don't get an option to save or anything. What I've been working on is just gone to the last save and I'm finding myself saving after EVERY single operation just in case this happens again. I'm extremely frustrated. It seems to me 2.6 didn't have this issue, at least not to this extent. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this, work around it or am I just stuck with scrape and save as I have been?
Try this. In Edit>Preferences>Color_management set mode of operation to No_Color_Management. It will decrease GIMP resource consumption. Reportedly, color management itself does not cause GIMP to crash but it's well known that it slows GIMP performance down and in combination with not so powerful computer may contribute to application crashes.
P.S. 2 GiB is still not enough, though. I assigned 8 GiB (half of my RAM) to tile cache size and still GIMP crashes once in a while. But usually it happens with 10-12 huge size images opened in GIMP at once. If your XP is 32-bit then RAM is limited to 4GiB, so you have to try Color Management disabled or live with it.
Edit. You have to restart GIMP for color management changes to take effect.