"Kees van Surksum" <corne4851@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Toobi-Won Kenobi schreef:
>>
>> Switch off compatabilty mode (if you do not use earlier versions)and try
>> reducing your number of History states in Preferences.
>> Run TaskManager in performance mode in conjuction with PS and see what
>> limits are being hit when you are working.
>>
> In the dialog box for these options I discovered also a slider to set the
> use of RAM by PS. In my cas it took 55% of the available 1102 MB. With
> TaskManager I already noticed, that loading layered psd-images took
> already up to 500 MB of RAM thus nearing the limits of this setting. This
> explains my "out of memory-messages" while closing down with a lot of
> information on the clip board or while opening plug-ins like Fluid Mask or
> Photmatix. These errors don't occur when I run Photomatix in stand alone
> mode outside the PS-environment. That would explain a lot....
>
> For a start I moved up the slider to the maximum recommended amount of 798
> MB (appr. 70% of the RAM the system leaves free). I could move up to 1102
> MB because usually I don't run PS parallel to other applications.
>
> I will report back my experiences.
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