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January 29, 2021
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Quick versions of Photoshop

  • January 29, 2021
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I have the Adobe subscription which by default provides the latest version(s) of the software.

All I generally do is resize images and other basic stuff. I'm a developer and all I need are basic tools though I have become familiar with the layout and interface thus keeping with Photoshop.

Back in the days of Photoshop 6 (!) the program would snap open instantly, and I'd be able to do that and close it again just as quickly. All done in moments.

Photoshop is now so slow that I find myself killing it from the Task Manager sometimes rather than waiting for it to "Close All", for instance. Perhaps I'm not the most patient person but it has got slower and slower to the point where it's probably too big a program for what I need. It also takes a fair while to open before it's usable. The computer spec is perfectly fine and doesn't need upgrading.

Working back through the versions of the program I currently have 20.0.10 but it's still pitiably slow and laggy. It wasn't always like this.. Can anyone suggest what version I should install to favour performance over enhancements and updates? (The Photoshop 6 CD has long since died, sadly..)

 

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Anonymous
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January 29, 2021

Hi

You can download CC 2017 from here

https://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cc-2017-direct-download-links.html

CC 2018 from here

https://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cc-2018-direct-download-links.html

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Anonymous
January 29, 2021

That's really helpful, thanks. I've upgraded to CC 2017 and the performance is very much better.

 

Clicking menu options at the top causes them to drop down instantly. Starting a new document doesn't have the software sit thinking about it for five or six seconds until it reluctantly pops open the dialog box, and when I close the program it shuts down quickly instead of taking six or seven seconds to think about each of the open items before it closes them one at a time.

 

Everything seems much faster and frankly since I'm not an artist or designer and don't use the advanced features, it looks pretty much identical.

 

This is what I did - if anyone thinks of anything to add to this, feel free. There are probably consequences to this. Obviously the newest functionality won't work. You'll need to know your Adobe login before you start. And what worked on my (Windows) computer may not necessarily be exactly the same on yours..

 

1. Download and run the Cleaner Tool. Remove CC and Photoshop.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

 

In my case I wasn't able to use the Creative Cloud software to do this, because it would not run. I'd turned off Updates and it refused to do anything until I updated it. This is precisely how *not* to do software updates.

 

2. Install CC2017. You'll need to log into Creative Cloud to do this.

 

3. When installation is complete, proceed to sign in (again). In my case I then had to choose "Sign me out of the other computers so I can sign in here". Photoshop 2017 now opens.

 

4. Right click on the Taskbar at the bottom of the desktop and choose "Task Manager", then click the "Start-up" tab and disable Adobe Creative Cloud.

 

5. Go into Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services. Set the "AdobeUpdateService" to have a Startup Type of "Disabled" and save.

 

While doing this I also disabled the "Adobe Acrobat Update Service". It really isn't important enough to me to know quickly when there's an update that it warrants a service on my computer to run in the background checking for it.

 

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