For reference, just now on a fresh boot with no other applications running, I opened a 10,800 X 14,400 *.png file, 93 MB in size.
Very first operation, attempted to stroke a path 42 pixels wide, by 3600 pixels long......and *poof*...all gone!
Doubtfully a "memory depleted" scenario, and on a machine that otherwise runs stable, all day long..
And then reopened Gimp and successfully completed the very same operation, without incident. So while my experience fails the "reproducible" litmus test.... It does appear there is some "paths on large images" stability issue.
The purpose of this post is to document, not intended as a gripe, so please don't misinterpret my intent.
But there is something to this.
Asus laptop
Intel I-3 processor twin core 2.3 Ghz
8 GB Ram
64 bit Knoppix OS
32 bit Gimp
No other stability issues apparent
Very first operation, attempted to stroke a path 42 pixels wide, by 3600 pixels long......and *poof*...all gone!
Doubtfully a "memory depleted" scenario, and on a machine that otherwise runs stable, all day long..
And then reopened Gimp and successfully completed the very same operation, without incident. So while my experience fails the "reproducible" litmus test.... It does appear there is some "paths on large images" stability issue.
The purpose of this post is to document, not intended as a gripe, so please don't misinterpret my intent.
But there is something to this.
Asus laptop
Intel I-3 processor twin core 2.3 Ghz
8 GB Ram
64 bit Knoppix OS
32 bit Gimp
No other stability issues apparent