Check your scratch disk settings in Photoshop preferences.
Ideally the primary scratch should be on a separate hard drive from the OS.
With Photoshop closed, go to the scratch disk and make sure the .TMP file is gone. Delete it if it isn’t. (If you don’t close PS properly it won’t be deleted.) While you’re at it you could delete all temp files and defrag the drive.
Now try again. If it is still slow, you should try deleting your PS preferences (See the FAQ). Make sure you get a dialog asking you the key combination doesn’t always work!
Also defrag the disk that the temp file is on (after having all temp files removed. And check if there is enough space.
This is particularly the case as the problem gradually got worse.
Rob
How many fonts do you have active on your system? How many Custom Shapes, Patterns, Styles, Gradients, Brushes and other presets?
If a huge dogpile of fonts, you need a pro-level font manager, and activate only what you need for each job.
Same with presets. Load only what you need, when you need them.
Thank you, I have just a little amount of effects installed. What can I do to install only what I want? For example, I have more of ten actions pre-installed by another program and if I would to charge only one of it? It could be more faster than before? Where could I find a pro-level font manager or other programs?
Thank you very much
I think Phos meant fonts. Check how many fonts you have installed (Control Panel). If that’s like thousand, deinstall a number.
Also a bad font can ruin your workflow. deinstall half of them to see if the bad one is among them. If so narrow it down to a quarter etc.
But I still have the feeling you should Defrag the HDD’s. if that takes forever they are either too full, or they are fragmented to an extend that Windows needs magic to run them.
While you’re at it, Defrag often. I do it at each shutdown, so that, upon reboot, PS can grab a contiguous space for it’s scratch file.
Rob
Rob…what a GREAT IDEA.
I defrag at least once a week but haven’t done it every time I shut down Photoshop. Makes alot of sense.
Martha
OK OK OK!
I defrag all my hard disks, C, D, X, J and I delete all font, action … The program is in C disk and the temp file in D disk but it’s always 2.5 GB !!!!!!
When PS start show this error "Immpossible to charge font file Adobe UI" What can I do?
Your version of the message is a bit garbled but it sounds like you have deleted a font needed for the Photoshop interface.
A re-install should fix it.
What is the name of the enormous temp file?
Sorry, i’m going crazy.
The name of the file is "Temp". I think that is incredible this thing.
What can I save my action that I created? Where are situated in the folder of the program? I can’t find it.
Thank you
There is a price to pay for constant defragging. Although disks are cheap these days.
There is a price to pay for constant defragging. Although disks are cheap these days.
Jeff, have you ever listened to the head movements of a fragmented drive?
Rob
Jeff, have you ever listened to the head movements of a fragmented drive?
I actually defrag daily, but only because I’m anal. You’re right though, jumping around snatching up bits can cause much more wear and tear. As the RPM increases, so does the wear. And tear.
So is it a good idea to degrag on a daily basis or is that a "do not do" thing?
Personally I defrag once a week. If in the meantime I delete a large number of files (after archiving to DVD) I will defrag again.
Regular defraging is just good housekeeping, and the less the head has to scoot around looking for bits of the file, the less chance there is of errors occuring along the way.
What Chris said. I’ve worn out a couple of brooms.
I am forever an example of what "not" to do and I’m very consistent.
Look on the bright side: A new broom sweeps clean.
….and brooms are relatively cheap these days.
And you can get a new bigger drive for less than the one it is replacing. A good way to get that storage space by the budget keeper, even if that is you.
John Joslin wrote:
Check your scratch disk settings in Photoshop preferences.
Ideally the primary scratch should be on a separate hard drive from the OS.
With Photoshop closed, go to the scratch disk and make sure the .TMP file is gone. Delete it if it isn’t. (If you don’t close PS properly it won’t be deleted.) While you’re at it you could delete all temp files and defrag the drive.
Now try again. If it is still slow, you should try deleting your PS preferences (See the FAQ). Make sure you get a dialog asking you – the key combination doesn’t always work!
Defragging hard disks used to be way more necessary with older, slower hard disks. Nowadays, it’s only a minor factor with system & disk performance issues.
More misinformation has been written on defragging than perhaps any other subject but people suggest defragging for every computer woe.
If your system is starting to run slowly, a fragmented hard disk would be the very least of your problems.