[Gimp-user] New image too large?

[Eoraptor <forums gimpusers com>]

> It is because the image in Gimp memory is more than just the bare RGB
> (3 x 8 bit) value for the number of pixels. There is an undo stack ,
> channels..etc  even with a newly opened image. Similar sort of
> discussion here:
>
> https://www.gimpusers.com/mailmsg.php?48bbb62c-f743-2281-0e7b-64fa3642c752%40ninedegreesbelow.com
>
> The warning is just advice, you could adjust the limit in preferences
> (I just ignore it)

Thanks for your reply. Looking at the other thread that you pasted here, I see
I'm out of my depth. I'm only a dumb artist and don't have a lot of tech savvy,
usually flying by the seat of my pants. The main point that you made, if I
understand it, is that Gimp makes an assumption that I'm going to use a lot more
data than I necessarily intend to, what with layers, stacks, etc. and that I
don't really have to take the size warning too seriously, am I right? I do
notice that it still allows me to open the image space. My only worry is that if
I go to save a file that it says is outside its size limitations, am I going to
have a problem?

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