layer effects dialog slow to load

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Sean_McAuliffe
Aug 25, 2006
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Working in Photoshop CS2 on my 1 GHz PowerPC G4 12-inch laptop with 1.25 G of RAM, running Tiger 10.4.7.

When adding a layer effect to a layer, or double clicking an effect to open the layer effect dialog box, I invariably get a spinning beach ball before the dialog opens – somtimes 20 to 30 seconds. Is this normal Photshop operation? Is it CPU or RAM or just how the program operates? Any tricks to speed this up?
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Ram
Aug 25, 2006
Is this normal Photshop operation?

No.

You need to troubleshoot your setup to see what’s messed up.
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Ann_Shelbourne
Aug 26, 2006
How much memory have you allotted to Photoshop?

Try cutting it back to 50% and your Cache Levels to 4 — and run Cocktail too.

And did you Repair Permissions both before and after installing new software on your computer?

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