CS3 takes 10-20 seconds opening images – that is images selected from the browser or from "open recent". This is the same whatever the image file format. In other respects I find CS3 speedier than CS2. Is there any tweak I can make to get images to open quickly?
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I have the same problem David…and tried everything mentioned with no success.
Only solution I could find really was to Restore Down (middle button at top of screen between minimize and close) CS3 and use the arrows to make the screen alot smaller.
Then When i open images they open at a smaller % and open alot faster…….then when it come time to edit etc I simply MAximize the screen again edit away.
Once you Restore Down your application screen once and adjust it to the size you want it will remember it from that point forward.
Thanks for the tip. I re directed the printer to a dummy printer, and it works. Now I have a related problem. When I close a pdf file, sometimes a little stray little window with the word "close" in it stays on screen. Then the whole screen goes white for a few seconds, then everything goes back to normal Any hints on this?.
Photoshop uses image caching to redraw high-resolution images faster. With image caching, Photoshop uses low-resolution versions of an image to quickly update the image on-screen as you work. To enable the Image Cache option, specify the number (1 to 8) of low-resolution versions you want Photoshop to store (cache). The more versions of an image you have Photoshop cache, however, the slower it opens image files. In Photoshop, the default Image Cache setting is 6. Setting the Image Cache option to 1 disables image caching; only the current screen image is cached. Setting the Image Cache higher than 4 improves the performance when working on larger images by redrawing them faster. If you have performance issues in Photoshop CS2, set the Image Cache to 2, then test your performance.
Note: Image caching may cause a less accurate preview. When necessary, view files at 100% to ensure an accurate preview.
