Histogram palette slows CS

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bob_frost
Mar 5, 2004
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When I have a large file open (216MB, 16bit, no layers) in CS and go to any Image/Adjustment dialogs, the dialog box takes about 10 seconds to open. This seems to be due to the Histogram palette, because if I hide it or dock it, the dialogs open as usual in about a second. Anyone know why?

(On a PC with 2.8 P4, 2GB RAM, fast scratch disk with 10GB dedicated space).

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dave_milbut
Mar 5, 2004
play with the prefrences tab that has the image cache levels and the histogram check box. the higher the level (default is 4 i think) the better response, but some people have reported other problems like slowness or stalling in other areas. you need to try it on your system.
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wes
Mar 5, 2004
Bob, I have just learned to use the F8 key to turn it on and off quickly when I need it or don’t need it. I had the same slowing problem, but the hot key works for me.

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play with the prefrences tab that has the image cache levels and the
histogram check box. the higher the level (default is 4 i think) the better response, but some people have reported other problems like slowness or stalling in other areas. you need to try it on your system.
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bob_frost
Mar 5, 2004
Thanks Dave,

I’d forgotten that after last week’s discussion on slowness of CS and cache level settings, I’d turned it down to 1. You are right, putting it back to 4 or 8 solved the problem with the histogram palette open.

I’d left it at 1 because like some others, I felt it speeded up things in general, but hadn’t realised it would slow some other things down so much.

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