Ron Johnson wrote:
How much swap does your system use when processing the image? If it uses more than a few MB of swap, then you need more RAM. Otherwise, you need a faster CPU.
Well, it was using much more than a few MB of swap, so perhaps I will upgrade the RAM. However, my immediate problem was solved by figuring out how to get the files into GIMP instead of GV, from my other reply.
Thanks, Tyle