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johnc46999355
johnc46999355
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January 24, 2018
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PE 18-the slowest memory hog ever

  • January 24, 2018
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Used PE 11 for years.  Got a new camera.  PE 11 did not support adobe camera raw for this camera (I downloaded the digital converter from adobe and it did not work/load).  so I bought PE 18.  Organizer takes about 10 minutes to start.  When it does start, it grabs 3/4 of my physical memory and will not release it.  Just tried to upload some pix waited 5 minutes while PE organizer was "connecting to device" Finally had to kill the process and then PE organizer would not release the physical memory.  Running Windows 7 home edition.

anybody know how to make this dog (PE 18) work or did I just waste $150 (bought premiere elements 18 too.

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    cz35895897
    Inspiring
    January 25, 2018

    Welcome to the thoughtful user club! There is much misery to be shared re the Organizer re exactly the complaints you have voiced. Check the threads starting about a month back.

    If you check the task manager you will see that smart tags may be running and facial recognition may be running slowing everything. You can let them run (for days in my case until completion at ~500 photos per hour). Once that is done the Organizer gets more responsive. You can also turn off the media analysis in options and have it much snappier immediately. (it will exhibit some other annoying "features" at that point).

    PS. I "wasted" my money for some neat features (shake and haze reduction), but it appears I did give up a lot of robustness though. Fortunately I got it on Black Friday sale.

      johnc46999355
      johnc46999355Author
      Participant
      January 26, 2018

      Life saver!  Thanks very much.  Turning off facial recognition and smart tags and media analysis helped a lot.  However, while I was typing this to you, Organizer in PE 18 crashed!  So I guess more work needs to be done before I can actually use Photoshop Elements 18 like I used PE 11....to organize and edit photos...

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        RazHannah
        Inspiring
        January 27, 2018

        Me too. Crashes every time I try to name any faces. Why aren't all my people transferred from PE15 as part of installing PE2018?  I also can't find where I can get a refund and uninstall PE2018.  The change will cost me weeks to re-do all my people again and I'm not doing that.  Very frustrated and annoyed and think I have been ripped off.

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