How many layers in the file?
With the background layer, maybe seven. Overall it’s a pretty simple file, the layers are; higher resolution background, masked out object, and the rest of the layers shadows for the masked out object. The shadows maybe take up a tenth of the image real estate.
The one shadow I am trying to liquify is perhaps 200 x 400 pixels.
I generaly work with files that are 1GB+ but I don’t normally use liquify. One thing I do run into is even after purging everything, I’ll still have to save my file, exit PS and then start up again when using certain filters or extensions. It clears things out.
Do you have the /3GB switch set? I’ve found that I can run at 100% memory usage in PS with the /3GB switch on and it’s dramtically increased performance.
Jeff,
Yup, did that last night, setting the switch that is, didn’t seem to help the problem.
I’ve also tried exiting PS a number of times and even a couple of reboots to try and track down the problem.
Although I’m not sure why you’re getting a "disk space" error with that much real estate available. It would make sense that your ram would max out as liquify is memory intensive, but I don’t get the disk issue. I must be missing something.
Jeff,
Much thanks, I’ll try beating my head against the keyboard again tonight and see if I can’t track down the where’s and why for’s.
That’s usually how I spend my evenings, hmmm, my weekends too. I’m going to try to run liquify and see what kind of results I get. We don’t have the same config since I don’t have x64 (green with envy), but that should be a plus in this sense – as a test.
Let me know if you find the problem, I’m curious.
Just a suggestion from my experience with 32bit and 64bit Windows: Reboot your computer.
Shut off all unnecessary background programs and processes, including Virus, firewall and whatever else you have running. You may have to press ctrl-alt-delete and see what background processes are running that can be shut down.
The not enough disk space warning can come up in 32 bit Windows when there are not enough software resources (heaps, stacks and their ilk that still plague Windows memory structure) although there is plenty of disc space and physical ram. I do not believe Win64 is structured much differently than any other version of Windows in this regard despite its ability to "see" a larger amount physical ram than Win32.
Win64 is really an unfinished product that is incompatible with a wide variety of CD/DVD authoring programs, video editing programs, anti-viral programs and the like. Drivers for common hardware are missing. Random problems crop up frequently, and you may be experiencing one of these. Microsoft has not done much and is doing nothing to further refine this product. Vista64 is similarly plagued.
Do you have a dual boot system with 32bit XP? Try running the file in Photoshop in a 32 bit environment.
If you cannot process the file in a 32 bit environment either there may be something about this particular file that is corrupt and preventing Photoshop from accessing memory properly. If you can restructure what you have done with a fresh start the problem may solve itself.