.png file too large for unity?

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Twice now i have tried to import graphics into unity and it has come up with:

"Could not create texture from ‘file path’ file could not be read.

Several other graphics have worked fine, these 2 particular files are quite large, is it because they are too large for unity? If so what is that cap that will work? And is it a resolution issue or a memory issue (200cm with high pixel count, or 38mb)?

Thanks for your help.

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Right… so, the dimensions of that image are 23,622 x 23,622 pixels. Uncompressed, it occupies 5.8Gb of memory. You are not going to be able to use that file in any sort of game on any system. I normally aim for an absolute maximum texture size of 4096x4096, but even that’s pushing it on older hardware - 1024x1024 is plenty for most purposes.

If you explain what you’re trying to use the texture for, we might be able to suggest better alternatives.

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You can always put more then one camera - one for deep space and one for “the action”

Here is platformer tutorial:

http://walkerboystudio.com/html/unity_training___free__.html#unity3game3

Part 19 - 22

And there you have more then one camera for background, GUI, etc. It should be in some weird way similar. :wink:

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I am facing issue, the file size is 34 mb on disk , loading it in photoshop makes it occupy more then 1 gb space in memory, does that mean unity uncompressess the file before importing it, i need to use exact same texture, how do i go about it?