20 minutes for "save as" PNG
Hello.
Since I began working in Photoshop a year ago, I have been working with PNG.
I sometimes save as jpg and even less as tiff.
95% of the time it's been PNG.
For the last week, when I
save as>save a copy>PNG>smallest size
It's taking 15-25 minutes.. perhaps more since I've used task manager a couple times to quit.
The issue started while I was still on the previous version of Photoshop.
I am currently on
Photoshop version 23.3.1
Windows 10
Nvidia 1070
HP
i7 7700 3.6g 8 core
16 gig RAM
I work with panoramas a lot.
Despite the decent file sizes, I'd never experienced this until the last week.
I have read several posts in the forum that seemed related.
Their solutions haven't worked and one thread from several years ago says, "get used to it."
I think that's outmoded info though, because some of the people reporting slow save times are upset about 90 seconds to 2 minutes..
I'd sing hallelujah for a 2 minute save time at this point.
I have Reset preferences.
I have turned off GPU
I have unchecked "use compression"
I have flattened the image (was a suggestion in a thread. Wouldn't be a solution when transparency is needed.)
I have cleaned my hard drives.
I have attempted saving to different drives.
My main drive is a SSD with 400+ GB of space.
I have one more internal SSD with 110gb free and an internal hdd with 330gb free.
I also have an external hd with 4 terabytes free.
"Export as"
Is not an option since I am working in 16 bit.
Currently, the status bar is sitting at 94%.
It likes to sit there a lot.
And as I type this, I've just got the record for the longest save; assuming it saves at all.
The image is 10,800p by 5400p
That's about 2/3 the size of many of my older panos all saved as equirectangular panos.
Aaand.. 33 minutes.
At least it saved.
Why big PNG?
This isn't even full size. The resolution has been decreased.
The equirectangular projections are used both for 3d rendering and as print files.
My printer requests PNG because that's becoming the new standard as more and more people shop online.
The PNG file is used for web display and to print on demand when I have orders.
I get asked about it everytime I have a question while I'm working on a sRGB PNG.
For a bit I was convinced based on conversations in here that my printing company was dumb.. then I read an article on Best practices to prepare photos for print and it explained why sRGB PNG.
In any case, unless it's a limitation of the extension or container, why I want it is mute.
Most importantly, I want to discover what I may be doing differently to cause this.
Having reset settings, upgraded to the most recent version, and done full disk cleanups, I'm at a loss how it's suddenly become an issue.
In summary.
Save as>save a copy>PNG is suddenly taking 20+ minutes over the past week with my most recent successful save taking over 30 minutes for a 10,800 pixel by 5400 pixel image.
(I also just reduced the file size from 333m to 89m by changing the resolution to 5400x2700 and it's been 10 minutes still saving.)
I appreciate support to either resolve this or get confirmation it's the same suddenly for everyone.
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