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Merthiolate
Merthiolate
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November 26, 2020
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Photoshop is doing TEMP 64gb size all over my HDD

  • November 26, 2020
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My animation in photoshop is a Easy and simple drawing is about 2 GB so far, BUT but this is happening to my HDD, first i can open de file cause i didnt havce enough space on my scratch disc and NOW, i need to setup ALL my HDD is order to even OPEN my work.

I try anything so far, read all the forums, i purge everything, i check performance and support only tell me that is normal to have 8gb of scratch disc, BUT THERE IS A HUGE difference between 8gb and 800gb...

PLEASE I NEED HELP!

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Ussnorway7605025
Ussnorway7605025
Legend
December 1, 2020

did you crash Photoshop while making this animation perhaps?

each animation = a new temp file, no Photoshop does not reuse the old files after a crash but makes them again

 

Adobe moves a copy of all your library files to the C drive but even then you have 300G of space different between the two screengrabs you posted... I can only assume this animation must be doing something wrong like remixing the codex to use up so much harddrive space

 

p.s, yes massive space is better when making animations just as a basic rule

    Merthiolate
    MerthiolateAuthor
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    December 1, 2020

    Ps. when i Purge the file it only delete 2gb.

      Anas2k24
      Anas2k24
      Participant
      May 2, 2024

      Anyway, I was getting the same problem but they didn't give us any solution they are just saying 64 GB is the minimum! Dude, I was working on image 1300 PX / 1300 PX not inches then Why I'm getting 30 GB Temp Files in my Drives? Leonardo is better than Photoshop which didn't take much space and didn't make your PC Slow 

      D Fosse
      Community Expert
      D FosseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 27, 2020

      Forget Photoshop - you need to rescue your machine from a total freeze-up, which can happen at any minute!

       

      If you have a 500GB system drive and only 4GB left, it clear that there must be tons of things you can move away. Do it now, while you still can! Tomorrow it may not be possible.

       

      Operating system + applications should normally not take up more than 80 - 120 GB.

       

      Never allow any drive to fill up beyond 75% or so, especially not a system drive.

        Merthiolate
        MerthiolateAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        November 30, 2020

        I understand that, this are my HDDs without Photoshop running. Adobe Care on twitter keep telling me that 30 files of 64gb of Temp, is quite normal... and thats BEYOND insane.

          D Fosse
          Community Expert
          D FosseCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          November 30, 2020

          A 64 GB scratch file is not unusual at all. I would never work with any less than 500 GB available for scratch (in actuality I have more).

           

          A file that is 2GB in saved state on disk is already a large file. It can expand by orders of magnitude when opened. It depends on the layer structure, and especially if you have smart objects.

           

          But the main point is that Photoshop reserves the scratch space it expects to need in short order. Think about it: a couple of history states, and size is already many times what it was.

           

          If you're working with large files in Photoshop, you just have to provide the disk space needed. Again, 64 GB is well within what can be expected. That wouldn't surprise me at all.

            JJMack
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            JJMackCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            November 27, 2020

            I would say 80 to 100GB of free space will be good for Photoshop scratch space. Just starting Photoshop uses 7GB of free space one my machine. 

             

            I would think you machine will be running poorly with 3GB of free space on your windows system disk.  Windows needs free space for temp files and user application data, Paging etc. If you have a desktop machine and have hibernation enabled.  Disable it that should free up some space on C:.  You need to move things off of your C: Just starting Photoshop one my machine eats up 7GB of free space.

             

            JJMack
              Merthiolate
              MerthiolateAuthor
              Participating Frequently
              November 30, 2020

              Yeah, i'm not  that newbie, this are my HDDs with out Photoshop running, is INSANE what photoshop is doing to my system, thats why I'm asking for help, cause Adobe Care keep tellking me this is a normal thing.

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