"Dave" wrote in message
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:13:34 -0400, "just bob" wrote:
"Peter Jason" wrote in message
I was using PS CSU and now use CS3.
When I select the Jpegs (5 Mb) in explorer
and drag them on to the PS3 icon on the
toolbar the opening speeds are much slower.
Is there some setting I can apply to speed
things up. I am new to CS3.
I have WindowsXP
As you have discovered CS3 is dog slow. I use CS2 which is much faster, for
me.
I am surprised. And assume CS3 is slower than CS2 for just bob. The rest of us agreed on the increased speed of CS3.
Hi Guys,
To clarify it’s CS2 Bridge which I prefer when I’m working with 1000+ raw files in a single folder as it takes less time to build the cache and previews, and I get high quality previews which display very quicly in Light Table workspace. I need to review and rate them very quickly and for this CS2 Bridge is quicker for me. I use keyboard shortcuts to quickly move through the files and rate images and CS3 refreshes metadata and raw settings way too slow for my workflow. And while CS3 is updating settings and metadata it hides the files briefly so you cannot even continue doing ratings while it’s updating RAW settings and metadata. I hate that!
If only CS2 Bridge had the advanced filters and could read raw from newer cameras I would never open CS3.
Thanks gosh for DNG converter so I can use CS2. Even with taking the time to do the DNG conversion on the files \CS2 saves me time over using CS3: I download from the flash cards using the converter which saves time – the computer already has to put the files into memory to copy to the computer so running them through the DNG converter only takes an extra second or two. Oh, and I can open CS2 bridge on the converter output target folder and it can build the cache as the files come in. CS3 Bridge does not like this as may not see new files you put in the folder until you refresh. With CS2 I can leave Bridge open on the target folder while downloading files and when I come back the cache is done. Sweet.
My main machine is a month old Dell D830 with the fastest CPU they sell with 3GB of RAM and 7200 RPM hard drive runnign XP Pro. I tested my workflow with CS2 Bridge and CS3 Bridge head to head on similar other systems from Dell, Sony, Gateway, IBM, and HP. I decided to stick with Dell because since all these systems performed about the same and we’ve owned similar Dell models for many years and I like their onsite service.
And CS3 Bridge crashes often. In my tests of all these machines I was using the default install, downloading the trial versions from Adobe, with all the updates, and CS3 Bridge would sometimes just crash for no reason when reviewing, rating and changing raw settings and metadata on 1000+ files at a time. I can’t remember the last time CS2 Bridge crashed.
All this said, the raw converter in CS3 is better and has many more features for fine tuning images and here and there I read most people do think some operations are faster. Unfortunately the faster operations are not the ones I often use.
Sorry if this post does not read very well I am on the road, literally sick and tired, and just wanted to share my experience.
-Bob
