> Subject: [PCI] Photoshop or Hardware? > From: Steven Lee Stinnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I have a Photoshop problem which does not happen on other machines leading > me to suspect it's system or hardware related. I'd appreciate any ideas > outside of "buy a whole new machine." > > With Photoshop 7, Cache Level set to "1", IGB of partitioned scratch disk. > > Working on, say 1.2MB RGB files at 72 DPI, the operation "Save for Web, or > "save as" is, as it should be, almost instantaneous, but only for the first > use in a work session. Thereafter the process begins to slow. The > degradation is progressive, taking longer and longer to open and save files. > By the Tenth or eleventh operation in a session I am waiting 20 seconds or > so for the "Save As" directory to open or for the file to open in the > "Optimize" window and another full minute for the "save to" window to appear > after optimization. > > This is just wrong. > > If I shut the program down the process starts all over again, one good fast > save then progressively slower saves. > > Clearing all cache between saves does not help. > > Reloading the program did not help. > > I can't batch process because I'm not doing any one set of operations > between saves and must often change the naming convention for each file. > > I've disc doctored, tech tooled and optimized all disc partitions. > > My system, OS9.1, 8600/300 with a Sonnett 500mhz G4 upgrade, 1GB ram, > Seagate 10 GB, ST318436LW harddrive. > > As always your input deeply appreciated, > > Steven Lee Stinnett > www.CrisisCity.com Well, let me say I use 5 for everyday work (have 6 but it is slow to load and not as quick to operate as 5 on my 7600 running on a G3/4 upgrade at about 400 with 500MB RAM on 9.0.4 (I had issues with 9.1 re my many self programmed "actions" using function keys, so went back to 9.0.4) I use 6 on another machine occasionally to make web archives). As for 7? But perhaps I can jog you to find the cause? First, you have 1G ram, right? OK. Is it good? How do you know? Test it extensively with Gauge Pro over thousands of iterations (not a few tens or hundreds). Second, are you giving PS lots of memory. Try it, you have it to burn, give the program tons, 200 MB or even more (you can scale back later if this works), Third, try setting cache level to 0 and also to a higher number and observe any effect. Fourth, your nominated scratch disk is defragged well? It is A partition on the HD, another of which partition is one on which the PS prgm resides? Try nominating the first scratch disk on the same partion as the PS and second as the 1G one (see prefs. Simply excuse me if the prefs are quite different to 5 and 6) Fifth, maybe turn off VM forcing PS to load all into RAM. You have a Edit/Purge/All command? This how you are clearing all caches between saves? And you are having this trouble with all sorts of files, not just one or two (1 MB files are very small and no, you should not be having such trouble)? Just a few things to look at, let us know... David Elmo -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
