Gimp locks up when i open 3.9 GB at once

piscea · **Joined:** Nov 11, 2015 **Posts:** 4

GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: win 7 64 bit
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

I have 12 gb ram
Where can i change a setting to allow me to open more than 3.9 gb worth of layers at once?

I'm trying to open a time lapse sequence shot in full res on my t5i.

trandoductin · **Posted:** Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:28 pm **(#2)**

I have never done this.
But you can try going into Edit->Preferences->Environment and try upping the Tile Cache Size

piscea · **Joined:** Nov 11, 2015 **Posts:** 4

trandoductin wrote:

I have never done this.
But you can try going into Edit->Preferences->Environment and try upping the Tile Cache Size

I saw that this was something that people had done before.
It was set to 5 GB already.
I upped it to 8 and it still happens.

piscea · **Joined:** Nov 11, 2015 **Posts:** 4

The jpgs total 494 mb of disk space in the folder.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

piscea wrote:

GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: win 7 64 bit
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

I have 12 gb ram
Where can i change a setting to allow me to open more than 3.9 gb worth of layers at once?

I'm trying to open a time lapse sequence shot in full res on my t5i.

Are you running the 32-bit or the 64-bit version?

piscea · **Joined:** Nov 11, 2015 **Posts:** 4

ofnuts wrote:

Are you running the 32-bit or the 64-bit version?

I see no where to verify this.
I just did a full installation.
To make sure I just uninstalled and reinstalled and was never given an option to choose a version. it does give an option to include support for 32bit plugins so i can only infer that it is installing 64 automatically, as that's what the download page says it does:

gimp download page wrote:

This link downloads the official GIMP installer for Windows directly from (url removed. thanks spam filter.) The installer contains both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of GIMP, and will install the appropriate one.

Kimba · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:35 pm **(#7)**

Perhaps the system needs more ram to run and can't handle Gimp needing so much.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12850

3.9Gbytes? Seriously? I don't think any standard editor can handle an image that is larger than a movie on a DVD. You might have to go command line to edit your image. The name of the opensource CL program escapes me at the moment but there is one that can handle huge graphic files and perform basic operations to them such as blur and sharpen.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:21 pm **(#9)**

Lyle probably means the much better options, ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick
Most of these scripts can be used with both program, Fred's ImageMagick Scripts

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12850

Forgot about ImageMagicK Odin, but that's not the program that I'm thinking of. Still, I bet ImageMagicK can handle these huge file sizes too. I wonder if G'MIC command line can handle images of this size as well?

wbool63 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:45 am **(#11)**

Have you tried Control panel/System and Security/System/Advanced System Settings/Performance--settings/Advanced /Virtual Memory--Change/Custom Size-- and plug in recommended settings? No guarantees. Gimp's usage of memory tiles and Window's Virtual memory/ handling of Gimp memory tiles/blocks has been a mystery for a long time and has always been a cause of concern.

saulgoode · **Posted:** Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:16 am **(#12)**

piscea wrote:

I'm trying to open a time lapse sequence shot in full res on my t5i.

Use the GAP (GIMP Animation Package).