Re: [Gimp-user] Resizing an image in Gimp is very slow.

[Shlomi Fish <shlomif shlomifish org>]

Hi CharlesJ-J,

On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:56:34 +0100
CharlesJ-J <forums gimpusers com> wrote:

> I often have an image size of up to 5000 x 4000 px and maybe 50 or more undo
> history. There is often 10 - 15 layers, but I have then flattened the whole
> lot. When I go to resize it (to 1800 x 1200 px) Gimp is VERY slow.  The
> progress bar will move quickly to ,say, 2/3 of the way, then stop for
> sometimes up to 3 or 4 minutes. I have 10.4 Gimp. I have tried deleting the
> undo history, but with no difference. If I have a saved XCF file, I have
> tried closing my image, then reloading it. When Gimp is stalled, it uses high
> CPU but not disc.  Then the resizing process is fast. Have you any idea why
> this happens & how to solve it?

This works fine for me with gimp-2.10.14 on mageia linux v8 on a sandy bridge
core i3 box. What are your system specs? And can you share a problematic
sample image? See https://github.com/shlomif/writing-the-perfect-question .

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