Two Questions

[MapMappingMapped]

1: Stitching an A3 map that was scanned in two parts in GIMP. The actual stitching is not the problem - what I'm trying to do is actually get the two parts together on one sheet. Is there a way to open an A3 blank file without killing my computer? Whenever I try I'm told that it will take 162 MB :O...
2: City and location icons. How do I use an icon? I'd like to know how to use one of my own, as well as one I can find on the web....
I apologise for my lack of digital knowledge
And thanks in advance.

[Azélor]

!62 mb of memory (RAM)?
A3 files are fairly small, even more if they are empty. you should be able to do that without a problem.

How old is your computer?

[MapMappingMapped]

I wouldn't remember how old it is - it was brought second-hand... I managed to open an A3 once, but when I tried again this silly problem came up. Once again i feel this might be because of my incredible stupidity in simple things....
And you can't believe how glad I am that it's anormal.

[Azélor]

Either you are doing something wrong but I have no idea what it could be. I use Photoshop not Gimp. It could be a problem with Gimp. Are you on Windows, or Linux?
Either your computer is extremely old, maybe 10-12 years old at minimum. Then, I'm a little surprised the computer is still working.

[Straf]

How much RAM do you have in your system? It is possible to increase the maximum RAM that GIMP will use. 162MB is not a lot at all these days. The settings in GIMP are in Edit > Preferences > Environment. There you can set the memory use.

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Oh and the second question - you can save something as a pattern and use the clone tool to stamp it wherever you need it.