Ah.. I see. To be honest I'm not really a big photoship user. I'd always assumed the four partitions were so you could used spare space on multiple drives. Experience tells me it would be better to use one to avoid switching the heads between partitions but I suppose it depends a lot on the kind of work you're doing and what volume of data you're working with. I'm working mainly in motion graphics so therein possibly lies the difference.
Thanks for the explaination.. take care Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Lowe" > > You will notice that under Preferences>Plug-ins and Scratch Disks, the user > has the ability to select four volumes as scratch volumes. > > As I understand it, once one disk is filled up, PS moves onto the next. So, > by partitioning a 40GB drive (for example) into four partitions of 10GB, it > works somewhat like a focus limiter on an AF camera - the drive head is > restricted to working in a smaller area, thus speeding up its > reading/writing and therefore the performance of PS... > > Best wishes, > > JL > -- > > _________________________ > > :: Jack Lowe Studio :: > > :: +44 (0)191 224 5150 :: > > _________________________ > > =============================================================== > GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE > > =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
