"Toobi-Won Kenobi" <Toobi-won Kenobi@Tatooine.com> wrote in message
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> "Kees van Surksum" <corne4851@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Toobi-Won Kenobi schreef:
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>>> 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.
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>> 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....
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>> 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.
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>> I will report back my experiences.
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