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vascheddu
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May 13, 2022
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photoshop ram usage out of control

  • May 13, 2022
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un the last week photoshop has been acting up; no matter my preferences it uses too much ram, opening photoshop with no file uses 7 gb of ram, opening 1 160 mb file uses 9 and 2 160 mb files uses 12 gb of ram (my limit is set to 8).

the app crashes every 10/15 mins because of this, i updated ps, tried to uninstall and reinstall and even bought a new ssd and did a clean install of windows.  i need to use it for a project due in a week and cant, im screwed

 

    Correct answer J453

    The other settings that are new are:

    Go to Preferences > Performance... and uncheck both Multithreaded Compositing  and GPU Compositing - then restart Photoshop. Does the problem still occur?

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    Derek Cross
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    Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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    May 13, 2022

    It is normally recommended that memory usage should be set (under the Performance tab) at 70%.

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    vaschedduAuthor
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    May 13, 2022

    i reset the preference now when i open ps alone it uses about 2 gb of ram, but opening the 2 files brings me back to 12 gb, i dont get it because the same files on an older version of ps on the pc i use at school use 1/2 gb of ram

     

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      vaschedduAuthor
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      May 13, 2022

      i'll do it but when i reinstalled i ditched the preferences isnt that the same?

       

      Derek Cross
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      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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      May 13, 2022

      Reset the preferences under the General tab in Photoshop preferences (this is different from reinstalling).

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      vaschedduAuthor
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      May 13, 2022

      im using windows 10 and the last update of ps, my sistem has 16 gbof ram total and i just installed a 500 gb m.2 ssd that has 350 gb free space.

      i already tried trashing preferences when i uninstalled and reinstalled the app but it seems that was not the problem.

      Derek Cross
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      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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      May 13, 2022

      Which version of Photoshop and OS?
      How much RAM and spare hard disk capacity do you have on your system?

      Have you tried trashing the Photoshop preferences?

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