[Gimp-user] Can't open extremely large .PNG

[Deixis <forums gimpusers com>]

> Hate this mailing list format
>
> However scaling down a very large image can be done using an
> application nip2.
>
> see: http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/index.php?title=VIPS
>
> I have not tried this in Windows, I use linux.
> Windows versions can be found at
> http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/supported/current/win32/
> Despite the "/win32" the zips are named "_w64", so I assume 64 bit. no
> installer, unpacks to folders.
>
> For this demo (in linux) scaling a 1197 MB png to a 20 MB jpg.
>
> https://youtu.be/76Xn5BIrl2Y 4 minutes

I can't seem to spot nip2 in the directory structure. Vips itself also seems to
be a dos/command prompt application, I don't get an interface when running the
vips executable.

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