As one of the first publications to combine paintings with digital renders, a problem arose when it was discovered that at the time there was no digital storage medium available of sufficient size capable of accommodating gigabyte-sized scans.
This passage describes a situation where the creation of a new type of art was hindered by the limitations of existing technology. The publication's attempt to combine paintings and digital renders was hampered by the lack of large enough storage media for the high-resolution scans required.