by LNelson » Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:46 pm
The MrSID converter will attempt to place the converted image (JPG or TIF) in the same folder in which the SID file resides. If the SID file(s) reside on network server and you don't have create/write permissions to the folder, you'll need to put a copy of the SID image into a folder where you do have permissions (e.g. on your local hard-drive).
From some testing that I've done in the past, it looks like the converter will be able to handle SID images up to about 300MB in size. The following "swell" factors should be consider when converting SIDs:
SID --> JPG: JPG is about 3 times larger than the SID.
SID --> TIF: TIF is about 19 times larger than the SID.
If you try to convert a 300MB SID to JPG, the file size will be close to 1GB and will likely stretch your CPU.
Ladd Nelson
Carlson Software