Then it's disappointing to learn that PhotoShop doesn't appear to be
smart enough to make use of more efficient resources when available. :-(
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/8/2013 12:44 PM, C.H.Ling wrote:
> I believe PS designed to use scratch disk to memorize the changes you done
> during editing, it is not related to how many system/photoshop memory you
> have. The temp file will be the same size for the same editing you done on
> the image.
>
> If it is related to the system or photoshop memory, then when I edit a very
> small file it should not need a temp file but I just tried a 20KB file, the
> temp file still increase in size when I make multiple changes on the image.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>> I think your observations can only be considered relevant to your
>> limited memory system. Full addressability to 16 or 32GB of RAM might
>> have very different results.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 6/8/2013 9:26 AM, C.H.Ling wrote:
>>> Again, it is easy to check, I have done careful checking before using
>>> Ramdisk. No matter how small the file you edit, PS will create a temp
>>> file
>>> on the scratch disk you selected. Every time you make an action, the file
>>> size increases. For editing a 100MB image, the temp file can easily go
>>> over
>>> 2-3GB. A RAM scratch disk can make the action much smoother.
>>>
>>> Also, I'm still using XP 32 bit, the extra RAM can only be used as
>>> Ramdisk.
>>>
>>> SSD is good but I don't think it will help to speed up PS, I will just
>>> save
>>> this money for now.
>>>
>>> C.H.Ling
>
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