http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Out-of-available-memory-Help-tp3701098p3701100.html
Thanks! That solved the problem. I was running it from the .jar. As far
as the memory usage the 27MB must be correct. Windows must be doing some
compression or some such. Either way, thank you very much for the help.
>
> How do you run ImageJ? Double-clicking on ij.jar instead of on
> ImageJ.exe would cause this problem. Java programs are limited to 64MB
> when you run them by double clicking on their JAR file.
>
> A 2915x2456 color image does require 27MB of memory. To do the
> calculations, open a text window (shift-n), paste in the following line
>
> round(2915*2456*4/(1024*1024)) + " MB"
>
> and press ctrl-r (Run Macro).
>
> -wayne
>
> > (cliffs at bottom)
> >
> > I am currently trying to use ImageJ to do image segmentation on some
> > ~11MB
> > RGB images. The images load fine into ImageJ, but if I attempt to do
> > any
> > filtering on them ImageJ throws this error:
> >
> > <Out of memory>
> > <All available memory (63MB) has been>
> > <used. Instructions for making more>
> > <available can be found in the "Memory" >
> > <sections of the installation notes at>
> > <
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/docs/install/>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >
> > I then poked through the options and raised the memory alotted to
> > 500MB,
> > closed ImageJ and reopened it attempted the same operation and got an
> > identical error. Even mentioning 63MB. Note that the default was not
> > 63
> > MB nor was the max memory set anywhere near 63MB after I changed it.
> >
> >
> > So I came here, and I see people recommending changing the command
> > given
> > to the executable, so I checked my ImageJ.cfg and it reads:
> >
> > .
> > C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_03\bin\javaw.exe
> > -Xmx500m -cp ij.jar ij.ImageJ
> >
> > In a previous thread someone mentioned a similar problem and modifying
> > this line fixed the problem but I believe that java should have plenty
> > of
> > memory the way I have it configured.
> >
> > So that's my problem, I'd appreciate any help you guys can give me.
> >
> > If you have read this far here is some more information that may be
> > helpful:
> >
> > 2.99Ghz Pentium D
> > 2GB Ram
> >
> > ImageJ 1.36b
> > Java 1.5.0_06
> > About ImageJ displays 55MB of 500MB (11%) while the error message is
> > still
> > in the log.
> >
> > The java is on this machine, while the ImageJ is being run from a
> > network
> > drive. The same error arrizes when I run ImageJ as an applet from the
> > NIH
> > page.
> >
> > I have contacted the sys admin and he assures me that there is no
> > constraint put on memory used by a user, with the exception of the
> > physical memory on the machine and what is being used by other
> > software.
> >
> > Software running in the background or not has no effect on the error
> > message.
> >
> > I have replicated this error on 2 machines, each using their own local
> > java but the same ImageJ off the same network drive. I have also
> > replicated it running ImageJ as an applet on both machines.
> >
> > Curiously when I look at the size of the image in windows it is listed
> > as
> > 11MB, but ImageJ claims it's 27MB. (perhaps this is extra space for a
> > buffer?) One image is 2915x2456 pixel tiff. The others are similar.
> > All
> > tiffs, all RGB, all produce the same error.
> >
> > If you have made it this far I truly commend you. Thank you for the
> > attention and here's a quote for your efforts.
> >
> > "'That is indisputable,' was the answer, 'but in this country it is a
> > good
> > thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.'"
> > -Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), Candide
> >
> > Thank you for any help you can give me.
> > -Stumped in StonyBrook
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > finally cliffnotes:
> > 1. ImageJ throws an out of memory error when I try to analyze some
> > large
> > tiff images
> > 2. The machine has plenty of memory and so does java.
> > 3. Solutions to similar problems from this listserv do not help.
> > 4. Recent software, reproducible.
> > 5. HELP!
> > 6. quote for your efforts, thanks!
>