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Charismatic_yogiB82A
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May 9, 2012

P: CS6 Slow compared to CS5.1 with large files

  • May 9, 2012
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PS CS6 has a lot of enhancements and great features. it launches very fast, and the control is very responsive and smooth.

although i am experiencing some speed issues with very large files. compared to CS5.1, where i don't have any of these issues.

the files are PSBs, 9000x8000px, 80+layers, RGB, 8bit

i have the same performance settings for both, cs6 and cs5
i am working on MAC PRO, 16GB ram, SSD scratch, 2TB raid, Radeon HD 5770, Snow Leopard.

the main issues i have are:

- no refresh when i move the curve on adjustment layer. the refresh comes after i let go.
- jagged pan
- extremely slow moving of layers and layer groups, even if they are with smaller dimensions (800x400pix)

again, working with files with less layers or smaller dimensions is very fast.

thanks for your help and support!
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 6, 2012
    Turning off layer thumbnails should get you back to the CS5 performance or better.
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    chrisarbini
    Participating Frequently
    July 6, 2012
    I have been experiencing extreme lag when moving groups of layers as well. Instead of turning off layer thumbnails, pressing tab to hide all panels before moving groups allows me to avoid most of the lag, although even this is slower than cs5 at the same task. Having the transformation values enabled seems to negatively impact the speed of moving groups and individual layers as well.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 5, 2012
    I am experiencing extreme slowness as well. I had CS5 on the same exact machine and it ran MUCH faster than CS6.

    It is virtually impossible to work quickly/efficiently on CS6 now. Is Adobe still looking into this?
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    RayStof
    Participating Frequently
    July 4, 2012
    I experienced the exact same problem which is why I went searching for known issues and ended up here.

    Files in the 60MP range with several layers is no problem but with files larger than this (90000x6000 and larger) with many layers CS6 becomes irritatingly slow. Moving layers and groups of layers works like a turd.

    My system is a MacPro2011 (Octo 2.93 with 48Gb main memory, ATI5770 running the files from a RAID5 SSD system). Can post exact config when I am behind the 'big machine'.

    Certainly would be appreciated when this gets fixed, I need to be able to work fluidly with files of this size.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 3, 2012
    Just showing transparency is usually caused by a bug in your video card driver. Updating the driver generally fixes it.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 3, 2012
    I just tried this also and had good results. Lowering the cache levels to 2 does show marked improvement for me also.

    thanks! I had actually tried this before, but I also just got a pushed CS6 update today, could be mutually related.

    Regarding unresponsiveness on switch, a lot of times that happens for me when I first open a file, it just shows transparency gamut until I try and "wake up" photoshop by toggling between another program and it a few times...that has always occured for me since early CS version however
    aleksasha
    aleksasha
    Participant
    July 3, 2012
    Hey all, I've been experiencing all the same problems as you've described. I usually work with 100s of layers and a good dozen of folders. Like all of you, CS6 seems much slower than CS5 to me.

    Some good news, I just tweaked my File Handling preferences and adjusted the Cache Levels from 4 to 2. It really seemed to help! Screen redraws much faster and I don't get as much of a delay while moving things around.

    Still want to turn the thumbnails on in the layers palette and still not sure why Photoshop is unresponsive for a bit at times when I switch b/w other programs (Safari in most cases).
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    June 22, 2012
    Unfortunately there is no alternate artwork available.
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    ginther2
    Participating Frequently
    June 22, 2012
    Have 2 machines, Tower and Laptop, 6 i significantly slower than 5. A lot of lag just changing tools

    Side note .. the icons all look like stepping back to system 7, any way to make them like 5?
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    netnothing
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    June 12, 2012
    I sure hope Adobe considers turning off the thumbnails a "temporary workaround".

    -Kevin
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