# large tiff image paraview failing to load it correctly
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/large-tiff-image-paraview-failing-to-load-it-correctly/17315
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 18, 2025, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/large-tiff-image-paraview-failing-to-load-it-correctly/17315 "2025-11-18T08:50:22Z")
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### Author:  [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2025, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/large-tiff-image-paraview-failing-to-load-it-correctly/17315/1 "2025-11-18T08:50:22Z")
Hello,
I am having issues with a large tomograph scan, previously i cropped a small section of the scan exported into Tiff and imported to paraview without any issues.
now the new files are way larger, my current workflow is import .vol (raw) to ImageJ and export it in TIFF format, while doing this i am getting the message (in ImageJ):
“Stack is larger than 4GB. Most TIFF readers will only open the first image. Use this information to open as raw:
name=Untitled, dir=, width=2048, height=2048, nImages=2048, offset=1801, gap=0, type=float, byteOrder=big, format=0, url=, whiteIsZero=t, lutSize=256, comp=1, ranges=null, samples=1”
when I open the tiff file in paraview i am getting only a ‘layer’ of the tiff file, how can I open the complete thing?
I can share the data in private.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2025, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/large-tiff-image-paraview-failing-to-load-it-correctly/17315/2 "2025-11-18T08:50:59Z")
Can you share the file ?
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### Author:  [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/large-tiff-image-paraview-failing-to-load-it-correctly/17315/3 "2025-11-18T08:52:28Z")
compressing it right now, I will share you the link by private message as i can not share the data randomly, would you prefere the TIFF or vol file?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/large-tiff-image-paraview-failing-to-load-it-correctly/17315/4 "2025-11-18T08:52:54Z")
The TIFF 🙂
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/large-tiff-image-paraview-failing-to-load-it-correctly/17315/5 "2025-11-18T10:53:18Z")
I confirm that the file is being read a 2D image. Looks like a bug to me.