(10-24-2024, 01:14 AM)jrickards Wrote: Hi:
GIMP 2.10.34 on Linux Mint
I opened 8 ~16Mpx photo images as layers. I first tried 8 PNG (~80MB each) but the XCF file was huge (919MB) so I exported the photos from darktable as JXL (~4MB each) and the XCF was still huge (925MB), both XCF saved with the higher compression option.
Photoshop has a "Place Linked" option which I presume doesn't copy the placed files into the working file, presumably creating a much smaller saved copy of the working file. (I have PS at work but I haven't explored this option so I'm guessing).
Is there any way to create a layered XCF file that isn't so huge?
We need to know a lot more than "xcf are huge"
What are the resolution of those images? are you working in 32-bit floating point? what do you do when working with GIMP, how many layers? Are the images meant for internet/website or to be printed?
Patrice