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lexvanderslot
Technical User
Suffering the same problem on very different systems.
Scratch disks errors on printing.
Switching scratchdisk each time you start up Phshop helps for a while but the problem keeps coming back.
It is not a specific 6 problem 4 does it aswell.Even with 256mb and a absolute clean disk with 20 gygs free.
I think it has to do with the new virtualmemory management in 2k wich automatically reassingns VM.
Very annoying
Help us out pls !!!!
Lex
Scratch disks errors on printing.
Switching scratchdisk each time you start up Phshop helps for a while but the problem keeps coming back.
It is not a specific 6 problem 4 does it aswell.Even with 256mb and a absolute clean disk with 20 gygs free.
I think it has to do with the new virtualmemory management in 2k wich automatically reassingns VM.
Very annoying
Help us out pls !!!!
Lex
You could always install Linux and use GIMP ;-)
Sincerely,
Tom Anderson
CEO, Order amid Chaos, Inc.
Sincerely,
Tom Anderson
CEO, Order amid Chaos, Inc.
lexvanderslot
Technical User
RollinX
I started a thread on Adobe's Forum
about the memory priblem's under 2kpro
I started a thread on Adobe's Forum
about the memory priblem's under 2kpro
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someProgrammer
Programmer
I had the same problems in Win2k...even with 256 mb of memory...I would have to shut down photoshop every 30 minutes or so to avoid total memory consumption.
I finally just switched to Windows ME and have not experienced this problem anymore.
I know not everybody has a choice in this matter especially if they are running their machine as a server.
Win2k is a memory hog in itself...I started out with only 128 mb and I would only have 10 mbs free when Win2k Pro was started...killed one of my drives because of all the virtual memory it was having to do ran the thing to death...grind!
I finally just switched to Windows ME and have not experienced this problem anymore.
I know not everybody has a choice in this matter especially if they are running their machine as a server.
Win2k is a memory hog in itself...I started out with only 128 mb and I would only have 10 mbs free when Win2k Pro was started...killed one of my drives because of all the virtual memory it was having to do ran the thing to death...grind!
Just a suggestion because I'm not a person who is an afficionado of using programs as Photoshop in a Windows environment
What could help is cleaning up the history. The history file keeps all your actions available for 'undo'.
A fine possibility but you must know that, let's say that you have a 30 MB picture open, Photoshop keeps X-times the 30 MB picture in it's memory. meaning that even with a scratch disk of multiple Gigabytes, the ram configuration of your puter gets confused and overloaded.
Normally it should be possible to do alle the things you wan't to do but even a computer sometimes gets confused, especially when RAM-memory is concerned.
I know for a fact that the RAM-memory management in a windows environment is not very welll organised.
Maybe this is not an answer to your question but why not trying it, it will not affect your work and maybe it will sole your problem.
..)
What could help is cleaning up the history. The history file keeps all your actions available for 'undo'.
A fine possibility but you must know that, let's say that you have a 30 MB picture open, Photoshop keeps X-times the 30 MB picture in it's memory. meaning that even with a scratch disk of multiple Gigabytes, the ram configuration of your puter gets confused and overloaded.
Normally it should be possible to do alle the things you wan't to do but even a computer sometimes gets confused, especially when RAM-memory is concerned.
I know for a fact that the RAM-memory management in a windows environment is not very welll organised.
Maybe this is not an answer to your question but why not trying it, it will not affect your work and maybe it will sole your problem.
..)
GeorgeMack
Technical User
I also agree -- try to flush history from time to time, as well as your scratch files, by making snapshots, rather than using all of your history, by merging down layers when you are satisfied, deleting (possibly) empty layers, etc. And don't ignore saving as a cleanup technique for the invisible reverts files. I'd be more specific, but ... I work on a Mac and I'm not quite sure of PC details.
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