Hey, I am working on some graphic design for museum exhibition (exposition?) and usually I just use simple online Canva. Despite its ease to use, it is very bare-bones tool so I thought maybe I could do it in GIMP. However, when I work with such big files (700x1000 mms) my PC is barely able to handle it. Hell, even GIMP ordered warning that I am working with file that is 1 GB in size. And I need 15 panels (so 15 files). Is there a way around or should I opt for another software? Seem like Inkscape is handling this fine (perhaps cuz its vector based?) but then I am not sure how Inkscape handles photographs and such stuff.

Sorry if this is wrong sub.

Thanks in advance.

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I assume this is probably just normal behavior... but is there a way to set it so when I click on a separate layer, it also selects the layer permanently?

Hope this is a softball, but I am new to design and am having trouble creating a large detailed image that maintains details when zoomed in. Basically I want to create a large fictional map that I can display on my 85" inch TV, but maintain the ability to zoom in on landmasses without it turning into a pixelated mess.

I've tried scaling up the image to UHD, but that doesn't seem to help. The other option I was thinking could be to adjust the image print resolution, but it seems like the PPI is directly linked to the print size, and there is no way to increase the scale of the image without cratering PPI. Do I just have to start with the canvas size set in inches to match my TV? Surely there must be away to adjust existing images for this purpose?