Learn Photoshop - How to Make Photoshop Twice as Fast

[adickted2]

Thanks for this tutorial.Definately made CS4 run faster

[photoshopuniverse]

Hi Roman,

Yes it does. It matters a lot. And the answer is always use an empty or near empty HD. A full HD (with less than 10% fee space) is very very very very slow. I can't stress this enough. Use an HD that's 40% full at most. HDs slow down the more full they get.

[HotTriniIndianGirl]

wow thanks

[marcus2630]

i have as much RAM as you but in photoshop cs4 i says Available RAM: 1648 MB? s:

[photoshopuniverse]

Hi Marcus,

If you're sure you have more than 3GB of RAM, then just set the allocation to 100% and you'll be ok.

[marcus2630]

Cool ty ;D

[vinnoth1]

awesome video

[jay3213]

Is this just for Macs?

[photoshopuniverse]

Hi Jay,

The video was recorded on a Mac but the steps are all the same for the PC (the preferences can be found under the Edit menu on the PC)

[159357dan]

in xp or vista click edit then preferences

[WolfMJ26r]

What if I have of only 1696 available RAM?

[photoshopuniverse]

Hi Wolf,

With 1696mb, I'd recommend setting the RAM allocation to 85-90%. Having a separate harddrive for the scratch disk would benefit you greatly.

[WolfMJ26r]

Thanks man! Actually I'm going to get more RAM for my comp overall, then photoshop will work, but thanks anyway!