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Not enough memory to edit a photo in vista

I'm trying to edit a photo which i've scanned, but whenever I try to edit the image, I receive a message stating memory is low, close other programmes.

The laptop I am using has 2gb of ram, so wouldn't have thought I would have this problem, is there any way to override this.

(the only programme I have open is windows digital image suite)

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  • press Ctrl+Alt+Del and navigate to the performance tab, if vista has such a thing and see how much RAM is actually free. You may have a lot of background programs running.
    Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    theres no way on earth you would run out of physical memory editting a pic unless you keep changing it but not saving it (ie ~ change something then save AS A COPY. Then open the copy and continue to edit etc)

    As youve scanned it ill also assume the picture dimensions are HUGH?
    :idea:
  • Mik77
    Mik77 Posts: 119 Forumite
    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    theres no way on earth you would run out of physical memory editting a pic unless you keep changing it but not saving it (ie ~ change something then save AS A COPY. Then open the copy and continue to edit etc)

    As youve scanned it ill also assume the picture dimensions are HUGH?

    Cheers, Rik (again :wink: )

    I scanned it on the 800dpi and the highest compression level, and photo is 10x8 inches.

    Is this what you think could be the problem. (other programmes allow me to edit, (change to black/white, flip, etc), but the function I want is only in digital image suite, which doesn't seem to like these bigger files.

    I've tried saving a new copy on the lowest settings using MS Digital Image Suite, but the photo ended up looking like some sort of cartoon.
  • Duk
    Duk Posts: 117 Forumite
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    Usually relates to a Virtual Memory error.

    Here is a guide to clear the page file
    http://forums.techarena.in/tips-tweaks/1114925.htm

    if that doesnt work i would suggest increasing Virtual Memory size.
    http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/89ca317f-649d-40a6-8934-e5707ee5c4b81033.mspx

    Hope this helps.
  • hc25036
    hc25036 Posts: 387 Forumite
    At those dimensions and 800dpi, and assuming you've chosen something like .tif or .bmp as the filetype, the file is going to be H U G E (hundreds of megabytes or likely a gigabyte or two - I can't work it out just now). You have a choice depending on what you are going to do with the file. I'll assume your virtual memory is set to allow Windows to manage it automatically, in which case your problem is probably that you've run out of space on the partition with the paging file. You could change the location to a larger partition (if you have one) and Google is your friend for that.

    However if you are only ever going to be printing the picture at the same size (or even up to A4) you don't need 800dpi (you'll only need that for scanning slides). Try doing it again at 300dpi, or even 200 or 160 if necessary. You won't see the difference in the prints. Good luck, Rick

    Edit - misread the bit about using DI Suite, but the fix should still work...
  • DPI guide that 800dpi is higher than magazines use.

    For viewing on screen 96
    For general purpose scan 150
    Higher still use 300
  • isofa
    isofa Posts: 6,091 Forumite
    A 10 x 8" image in colour at 800dpi will be just under 150Mb... (it's 8000 x 6400 pixels).

    If you want to reproduce at the same size 10 x 8 300dpi is ample, in fact you'd be fine at 200dpi TBH.

    Open it using Paint.net and scale the image size down to 300dpi, i.e. 3000x2400 pixels (if it is exactly 10x8".

    If you want to double in size 600dpi is the absolute max you'd need to use.
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Id save it as a JPG as well as drop the dpi (id go for 600 or lower)
    :idea:
  • Mik77
    Mik77 Posts: 119 Forumite
    Thanks everyone, it is saved as Jpeg, but I guess I'm saving the file with too high settings. I'll try a lower dpi setting, I had just assumed the higher the better.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 13,720 Forumite
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    I scanned a picture at the maximum resolution, and my 4GB machine ran out of memory!
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