[Gimp-user] Move tool locks; what's triggering it?

[nateart <forums gimpusers com>]

Thanks - will take a look at the settings... I have started checking that other
apps are closed while I Gimp - that definitely helps

> **
> AFAIK GIMP's memory usage is mostly controlled with 
> Edit>Preferences>Environment>Resource consumption>Tile cache size.
> When
> images require more memory Gimp moves the data to disk. Note that this
> is virtual memory, if you set it to something much bigger than your
> RAM
> (or more accurately the available RAM once the system and other apps
> are
> taken in account) Gimp will just swap like a regular app, so it is 
> usually best to set it to something smaller than your RAM.

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