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I have a problem with Photoshop CS2 – normally when I start the program it initially takes up about 63Mb of memory. After I’ve edited a photo (10Mpx files – about 200Mb with layers) I close the photo.
Now I would presume that PS would free up the memory it has taken to process my photo but no! It now takes up just under 1Gb of memory with nothing open. There is nothing to purge and the only thing I can do is restart the program. This gets rid of the unnecessary baggage and things run smoothly again.
It’s just the minute or so of shutting down a program and restarting it again that I’m not happy about when I have to do it dozens of times every day.
Has anyone else noticed this behaviour and is this another "feature"?
Windows XP sp2, P4 2,6Ghz 1,2Gb DDR333 ram, 80Gb HD with programs and a 320 Gb HD with files and scratch (yes, I’m planning to upgrade the machine)
Now I would presume that PS would free up the memory it has taken to process my photo but no! It now takes up just under 1Gb of memory with nothing open. There is nothing to purge and the only thing I can do is restart the program. This gets rid of the unnecessary baggage and things run smoothly again.
It’s just the minute or so of shutting down a program and restarting it again that I’m not happy about when I have to do it dozens of times every day.
Has anyone else noticed this behaviour and is this another "feature"?
Windows XP sp2, P4 2,6Ghz 1,2Gb DDR333 ram, 80Gb HD with programs and a 320 Gb HD with files and scratch (yes, I’m planning to upgrade the machine)
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