[vtkusers] Problem reading in large textures in GeoTIFF format

[Elvis Dowson]

Hi,
          I've run into a problem where I am unable to use large  
images as textures, using vtk-5.3.x on Mac OS X 10.5.5.

The original texture image is 2.5MB GeoTIFF image. It's image size is  
4506 × 5818 pixels. When I try to load this texture, I get a blank  
screen.

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If I try to resize it, I get a corrupted image on the screen.


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If I try to reduce the size of the original texture image by cropping  
it, the texture image gets displayed correctly. The size of the  
reduced texture is 280kb and has a resolution of 554x510 pixels.
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Is there some sort of limitation on the size of the textures that  
vtk-5.3.x can read? How can I fix this?

I've been able to narrow down the problem, but don't have an idea on  
what could be causing this type of behaviour.

Best regards,

Elvis Dowson