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

laden.m
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May 09, 2012 May 09, 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!
m.

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Adobe Employee , Feb 03, 2015 Feb 03, 2015
Fixed in CS6 13.0.1 or later.

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lblagonic
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May 15, 2012 May 15, 2012

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Same problem here... 😞

Nudging groups of layers is too slow (and it's obvious since I have upgraded to CS5>CS6 few days ago). Everyting was working ok in CS5 😞

Please help!

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Operating System: Mac OS 10.7.4
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:30, Stepping:5 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Physical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 2660 MHz
Built-in memory: 12288 MB
Free memory: 1751 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 11269 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 70 %
Image tile size: 1024K
Image cache levels: 4
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
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OpenCL Version: 1.1 (Apr 9 2012 19:41:45)
Video Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
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Video Renderer ID: 16914951
Video Card Memory: 494 MB
Video Rect Texture Size: 8192
Serial number: 95479677407346955888
Application folder: Macintosh HD:Applications:Adobe Photoshop CS6:
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
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LEGEND ,
May 16, 2012 May 16, 2012

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This did the trick for me too.

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lblagonic
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May 16, 2012 May 16, 2012

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Yes, that's working out (sort of), but it's not really a fix since we need thumbnails in our everyday work. Please report as soon as you fix this.

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Stoneman1968
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Same here. Photoshop CS6 is incredibly slow. In fact it's not usable. I'm thinking I want to cancel my subscription if I can for now.

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I'm not sure what good it'll do actually complaining about this but I too am experiencing SERIOUS lag with CS6. We were on the cusp of upgrading but I'm going to advise my design department to refrain from doing so in light of the performance lag! Given the premium most of us have to pay for the software is seems beyond justification that the performance would be this 'faulty'!

Rant over.

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Same thing here!

I've tried turning thumbnails off, which is actually my preferred method of working to maximize the number of layers I can see at once, but despite the fact that it is an improvement it is *still* slower when compared to CS5.

Additionally, I'm also experiencing a slow-down when it comes to scrolling the document or dragging the canvas around.

Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00) x64
Operating System: Mac OS 10.7.3
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:37, Stepping:5 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, HyperThreading
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Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
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dsburrows
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May 22, 2012 May 22, 2012

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I've tested Photoshop CS6 performance on a few machines now and on large files the performance on my Macbook Air 11" is far better than on my MacPro 2x2.4Ghz!!

There's obviously something seriously bad going on, could it be something to do with non-SSD disks?

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fabrice_delaneau
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I am currently using the beta, patiently waiting for Adobe to send me the real one hoping the issue would be resolved by now.

From what I can read this isn't the case. But this is not limited to large files !

I work on web interfaces and moving more then a few layers can cause several seconds of delay and I discovered for the first time the nudge waiting bar.

I have never seen this waiting bar on any Ps version before even when working on rather large print files.

I tried contacting Adobe the day after the beta was released and never had any feedback on this issue.

iMac 27" – 16 Go RAM

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laden.m
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May 23, 2012 May 23, 2012

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Yes, let's hope they are going to release a fix soon.
but for now i would suggest everyone who has the same issues to vote for this topic.

till now we have only 5 stars:(

this topic is not "in progress" or even "Acknowledged"

thanks!

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LEGEND ,
May 23, 2012 May 23, 2012

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We've never seen a slowdown beyond the known layer thumbnail slowdown. We haven't reproduced any other slowdown, so we can't acknowledge such a problem or possibly fix what we've never seen.

Our only guess is that there is still something odd about your system causing the slowdown that only a few people are seeing.

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AlexFedorov
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May 23, 2012 May 23, 2012

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Do we vote at the top by agreeing that we have this problem or is there a specific place on the Adobe site we should be voting? I would very much like to see it fixed as would all of us in this thread. Thanks!

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dsburrows
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As the problem only exists CS6 can you give us any insight at all into what could be causing it?

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AlexFedorov
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My Mac Book is 2 weeks old and has not been customized much at all. The Photoshop CS6 install is also totally standard from the download link - no customizations or changes. With smaller files like website designs with a few dozen layers, it's fast and responsive. With dozens or hundreds of layers and larger files it's much slower than CS4 and 5 to do pretty much anything.

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LEGEND ,
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We have no idea what is different about your systems compared to millions of other users not seeing a slowdown.

We need you to help tell us what is different about your system that might cause a slowdown: third party plugins, external software, configuration, bad drivers, etc.

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LEGEND ,
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David, that's really interesting that an Air outperforms a Mac Pro on CS6.

I wouldn't say it has to do with non-SSDs underperforming, though. I am on a MacBook Pro with an aftermarket SSD that generally screams in every other area of performance, and I'm experiencing this slow-down issue.

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That's useful info, just a thought, is your scratch disk using the SSD as well?

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fabrice_delaneau
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I am surprised that the layer thumbnail slowdown didn't raise a red flag before the final release.

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laden.m
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i'm sorry chris, but millions of other users maybe use PS with only few layers and don't see the issue.

on the other hand many professionals working with huge files every day don't switch so quickly. they would wait to see if there are any issues with the new software. so probably they gonna have these issues too and we gonna hear from them later this year.

the systems of the other users here, having the same problem are very different, from diferent generations, and all have the same problem. so there should be something. maybe the problem is bigger than only the layer icons, and maybe when you find the solution the other slowness problems are fixed too.

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LEGEND ,
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It's only a noticeable problem on documents with dozens of layers, when you try to move many layers at a time. But yes, I wish it had been caught sooner...

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I tried both ways: 1. to set my SSD as the scratch disk and 2. to set my normal hard drive as the scratch disk. There was no noticeable difference in performance in either case.

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Same here, no difference on SSD or "normal" hard drive.

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laden.m
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does anyone have also a refresh issue when moving the opacity slider, or moving the curve on adjustment layer.

with very large files i don't see an instant refresh when changing adjustments or opacity. it doesn't matter how long i wait, the refresh comes after i let go.

this happens not always, but most of the time.

just want to know if this is related?

thanks!

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thanks, that's all good data, I think we can rule out platter disks as the culprit 😉

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David Dobish Adobe Employee
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This may be a red herring, but it is worth a shot. Could the people who are having the slow down try a couple if things for me?

1. Go Preferences:Performance Pane:
2. Click on Advanced Settings...
3. Switch mode to Basic.
4. Restart PS

Does the problem go away?

if NO proceed.

1. Go Preferences:Performance Pane:
2. Uncheck "Use Graphics Processor"
3. Restart PS

Does the problem go away?

Trying to narrow down if this is a OGL problem or not.

If none of these fixes your issue be sure to go back to the settings the way they were before you started turning options off.

A quick way to do this is just to trash preferences.

Cmmd+Alt+Shift after launch and click OK to the clear preferences.

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No, millions of professionals are doing exactly what you describe, and seeing CS6 faster or the same as CS5/4/3.

Just because you see a problem does not mean that everyone else is seeing the same problem. All too frequently these sorts of issues are related to some specific configuration issue or external factor on specific systems.

We can't even be sure that everyone is seeing the same issue, since some seem to be seeing just the thumbnail slowdown (describing it as an overall slowdown), while others may be seeing an actual overall slowdown.

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