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Charismatic_yogiB82A
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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    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
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    September 12, 2012
    I can drag the "white dots" group in your document around interactively, no problem, and there's only about 1 second I have to wait before I can do another drag or whatever, but...

    Nudging the "white dots" layer with an arrow key takes 45 seconds to complete and puts up a progress bar!

    Funny thing is that with 13.0.1 it's actually faster and more interactive to move the layer around with the Move Tool and mouse now than with 12.0.4, but a nudge only takes 5 seconds or less in Photoshop CS5 (which is still 10x slower than a mouse-based move operation).

    -Noel
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    September 12, 2012
    You shouldn't get a progress bar on that operation for an image that simple, unless you were running on a memory starved laptop.

    I suspect you might have something else causing some slowdowns on your system - like scripts (check the Scripts Event Manager - there shouldn't be any enabled) or a third party plugin.
    Charismatic_yogiB82A
    Charismatic_yogiB82AAuthor
    Known Participant
    September 12, 2012
    i just updated PS to 13.0.1 and made some tests.
    sadly i can see only very slight improvement.
    dragging groups and layers is better but not as responsive as i'm used to it.
    as example dragging the white dots from my test doc is better but the strange thing is that after i move them and let go i get a progress bar right after that???? why?
    ok, i could live with this on this large document.

    another thing! i was just working on a very small file (300mb).
    after working a while on it, PS became extremely non-responsive and slow?
    especially painting with a simple circle brush.

    curves adjustment i working great now, i don't know if you done something there but this is even better than in cs5.
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    tyggy
    Participating Frequently
    September 3, 2012
    layers dragging is better, but when you release them after dragging it's still several seconds of wait.
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    pxlwizard
    Inspiring
    September 3, 2012
    Same here! Still experiencing jerky thumbnails.

    Having said that, the update has fixed the layer dragging problem for me, which is fantastic.
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    tyggy
    Participating Frequently
    September 3, 2012
    Nudge is still painfully slow with thumbnails on in layers pallete even after 13.0.1 update.

    MacOS 10.8
    MacbookAir i7

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    ronk74644369
    ronk74644369
    Participating Frequently
    September 1, 2012
    i just tried the update for mac CS6 extended. It wouldn't update: gave me an error:Adobe Extension Manager CS6 Update
    Installation failed. Error Code: U44M1P7
    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
    Legend
    August 31, 2012
    Just FYI, I did actually hear back from ATI.

    Their advice is that if you're having possible driver problems with the latest release (Catalyst 12.8 at this moment) is to FULLY uninstall, remove, expunge, delete, wipe, erase, and nuke with prejudice all remnants of their older version driver, reverting your system back to default drivers, reboot, THEN install the new Catalyst release. I did this and found several problems to be solved.

    -Noel
    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
    Legend
    August 31, 2012
    That, unfortunately, says that there must be ANOTHER issue besides the layer bounds efficiency corrections made by Chris in 13.0.1.

    Let the next round of problem reporting begin!

    I suggest you start a NEW THREAD with 13.0.1 specifically in the name, and describe in detail what you see, much like many of the folks did in this thread. I suggest starting a new one so that there can be NO CONFUSION that you still have a real bug, vs. the problems that are now supposedly fixed.

    -Noel
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    AlexFedorov
    Participating Frequently
    August 31, 2012
    Noel, thanks for posting the update about the patch but I have to agree with Nachman, not seeing any noticeable improvements in performance or speed.
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