i need help with my photoshop,

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chris_s_hopkins
Feb 6, 2004
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Well this happens on both photoshop 7 and 6.

will start a new file and it will take about 3 minutes to bring up the size screne. if i want to use filters it takes about 5 minutes to bring up the settings, and its worse when i want to change teh style of a layer :'( i have just recentaly un installed both 6 and 7 and reinstalled 7 but still same problem,

what should i do?
– chris hopkins
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dave_milbut
Feb 6, 2004
how about some system specs? hardware, os, other apps running, etc.
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LenHewitt
Feb 6, 2004
Turn down you memory allocation for Photoshop?
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Daryl_Pritchard
Feb 6, 2004
Chris,

If you use Norton Utilities or SystemWorks, look to see if you have Norton Protection enabled. This may be obvious from a renamed Recycle Bin, but a look at the properties of the Recycle Bin should show if Norton Protection has been enabled on any of your drive partitions. If so, purge the Norton Protected Files and then disable Norton Protection on all drives. You can do this with Photoshop already open and immediately observe a performance improvement if Norton Protection was the culprit.

Regards,

Daryl
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chris_s_hopkins
Feb 6, 2004
Hey Daryl that sounds like my problem but i dont know how to fix it 🙂
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Daryl_Pritchard
Feb 6, 2004
Chris,

I thought I just told you how…maybe you just need some more detail?

1. Right-click on the Recycle Bin and select Properties.
2. Select the Norton Protection tab sheet in the new dialog window
3. Select Empty Protected Files.
4. If you have multiple hard drives or partitions, select each of them in the Drive Settings are so as to identify if each has the "Enable Protection" box checked. If so, uncheck it for each drive/partition.
5. Select OK to close the window.
6. See if PS performance is better now.

Good luck,

Daryl
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jeffpoore
Feb 7, 2004
Stupid is as stupid does!

I have been restoring some old photographs (I normally use Photoshop 7 for simple "Flat" graphics that are converted into another program for finalization)- After I complete my work and have the pics developed, I am told that the resolution is too high. I have lowered the resolution significantly as well as used the presets for 4×6, 5×7, and 8×10…..WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
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Mac_McDougald
Feb 7, 2004
No idea what the other program is complaining about (but it doesn’t sound like much of an app).

At any rate, simply reduce your pixel dimensions to make a file lower rez, regardless of print size.

Check resample, leave constrain proportions on, and simply put in a lower pixel value for one side.

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