Photoshop RAM

[MK]

Why does it matter for the Adobe Photoshop settings on how much RAM is takes up? Currently mine takes up 50% of my RAM, which is a crapload. Is that too much or too little or just perfect? Because 59 megs of RAM is quite a bit to be just using for one program.

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[TotalRecall]

Nearly every high end graphic program is a RAM hog. I'm not sure why, but I bet that the image creation involves quite a bit of code.

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[Gerbilo]

you have 118megs of RAM?

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Do it or don't do it, you will have to choose sometime in the future

[Canis Lupus]

He probably has 128MB.

Complex graphics programs require more processing power and memory. It's just the way it is - a lot like how high-end sportscars consume so much more fuel than regular street cars.

[Null Actor]

The more ram you allocate photoshop, the faster it will go.

One image with multiple layers can take up a LOT of memory, depending how big it is.

If photoshop doesn't have enough ram, then it'll be banging the swapfile for data.

A good rule of thumb, is if your harddrive goes nuts every time you use photoshop, you probably need to give it more ram.

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[MK]

But I'm giving it all the ram she's got captain! Sorry, hehe http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/wink.gif Well, I think 59 megs is plenty and it's running pretty smooth, but soon I'm gonna upgrade to 256, thanks.

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[Kerash]

Hey! Thats not Fair, hehe i didn't even see that image that Nova Z has on his name, LoL!

* Pouts * !!!!

.ban *
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[Canis Lupus]

Hehe, Moderators and Staff Members can submit and choose their avatars, unfortunately...

Then again, there are still a lot of good avatars in the list ... and more on the way!

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[Gerbilo]

yeah, I have to pick a custom one hehe

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[Kerash]

Grooovey!
* Wants this Eazy-E Picture to be his Avator or avatar or whatever *

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