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Why is gimp using so much memory? Is there any way to reduce this?
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Instead of Windows task manager, get a better breakdown of what is happening by using the Gimp Dashboard Windows -> Dockable Dialogues -> Dashboard (bottom of the list)

This example, on its own, just opened, largish-image, 150 MB in memory. Add layers / layer group / layer mask and bottom line is 756 MB A bit different in the dashboard but still an increase. screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/53qjVJ3.jpg

One source of consumption is the undo stack, delete that and recover some memory: https://i.imgur.com/8QZOZeX.jpg
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RE: Why is gimp using so much memory? Is there any way to reduce this? - by rich2005 - 10-26-2021, 07:43 AM

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