diff --git a/crates/denoise-core/src/run.rs b/crates/denoise-core/src/run.rs
index 987a859b9..4314ed8c3 100644
--- a/crates/denoise-core/src/run.rs
+++ b/crates/denoise-core/src/run.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use crate::manifest::Gain;
 use crate::tiles::{starts, weight};
 
 /// Most pixels one picture may have (guards the allocations that follow from its size).
-pub const MAX_PIXELS: usize = 100_000_000;
+pub const MAX_PIXELS: usize = 110_000_000;
 /// A tile whose mean signal is below this (white = 1) is too dark to measure its scale from.
 const MIN_SIGNAL: f32 = 0.003;
 
@@ -642,4 +642,19 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(matches!(denoise_bayer(&[0.5; 16], 4, 4, layout, &Bad(vec![0.0; 5]), &p, &Control::default()), Err(Error::Model(_))));
         assert!(matches!(denoise_bayer(&[0.5; 16], 4, 4, layout, &Bad(vec![f32::NAN; 3 * 64 * 64]), &p, &Control::default()), Err(Error::Model(_))));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn accepts_102_mp_inputs_and_rejects_inputs_above_the_limit() {
+        let layout = Layout { dx: 0, dy: 0 };
+        let model = Mock { tile: 32, scale: 1.0 };
+        let p = params(32, 8, Gain::None);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            denoise_bayer(&[], 11_648, 8_736, layout, &model, &p, &Control::default()),
+            Err(Error::Input(message)) if message == "the mosaic does not have width × height samples"
+        ));
+        assert!(matches!(
+            denoise_bayer(&[], MAX_PIXELS + 1, 1, layout, &model, &p, &Control::default()),
+            Err(Error::Input(message)) if message == "the picture has no size, or is too large"
+        ));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/docs/denoise.md b/docs/denoise.md
index 926b1bee7..7c3f5138f 100644
--- a/docs/denoise.md
+++ b/docs/denoise.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pool. A scalar implementation checks the optimized operators on synthetic networ
 Tract is not a workspace dependency or a product feature.
 CPU inference and the GPU model module are feature-gated; ordinary engine/web builds
 do not compile the faer/GEMM backend. The engine depends on the inference crate only through `denoise = ["dep:lightcraft-denoise", …]`;
-lightweight `lightcraft-denoise-core` metadata and cache formats remain available without inference. Pictures are capped at 100 megapixels; at most
+lightweight `lightcraft-denoise-core` metadata and cache formats remain available without inference. Pictures are capped at 110 megapixels; at most
 four tile calls run together, chosen within the process-wide working-memory budget.
 One idle CPU workspace is retained, and cache costs reserve room for the blended picture.