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March 13, 2024
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Action performance

  • March 13, 2024
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Hello, I am experiencing issues with action perfomace while using Photoshop. It takes a long time to run and often freezes. Is there any way to speed it up?
 
 
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Legend
March 14, 2024

Without specifics we can't help much. In general, if you develop code, you have to optimize it yourself.

There is also the obvious- get a faster computer and drives.

c.pfaffenbichler
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Community Expert
March 13, 2024

Please read this (in particular the section titled "Supply pertinent information for more timely and effective answers”):
https://community.adobe.com/t5/using-the-community/community-how-to-guide-tips-amp-best-practices/td-p/11601738?page=1

 

What does the Action actually do? 

What are the Actions Panel’s Playback Options? 

What are the images’ pixel dimensions and bit depth? 

What are the Performance Preferences settings? 

 

Could you please post screenshots taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Actions with the fully expanded Action, Options Bar, …) visible? 

Known Participant
March 13, 2024

I have multiple actions that contain many steps and scripts to perform various tasks. I want to know ways to speed up the process without limiting it to a specific situation. In other words, I don't have a specific goal or image in mind; I just want to find a way to make the process faster without having to wait for too long.

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 13, 2024

What does actually take long? 

What are the Actions Panel’s Playback Options? 

What do the Scripts you are using do and do they employ (mainly) DOM or AM code? 

 

In Scripting hiding all Panels can cause faster performance because creating previews in the Panels also take (a little) work.