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I have a strange problem that I’ve started experiencing since upgrading my PC. I was previously running CS4 and Lightroom 2 without problems on Windows XP Pro 32 bit – I recently upgraded to new hardware and Windows Vista 64 bit so that I could use more RAM as I was regularly receiving running out of RAM messages when working on large print resolution files.
My current setup is:
P6T Motherboard
Intel Core i7 CPU 2.67 GHz
12 GB RAM
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
NVIDIA GeForce 880 GTS video card
One entire physical disk (70 GBs) solely as a scratch disk More than half of C drive free
Other disks with free space in scratch disk list
I have narrowed it down to a specific activity:
1) From Lightroom I choose ‘Edit in Photoshop’ (a RAW file) I could open more than one file at this point, no problem yet
2) Once a file or files are opened I choose to implement a Distort/Twirl (I have a very specific reason for using this command, developing elements for other creative works)
3) Having performed a Twirl distortion, I then choose to open another RAW file from Lightroom, choose Edit in Photoshop – Photoshop then just hangs, without opening the file and I see the message that it has stopped responding. I then have to forcibly end Photoshop and reopen it
4) This still occurs if from Lightroom, I choose ‘Show in Explorer’ and then try to open the RAW file by itself, Photoshop stops responding
I seem to get very good performance on other things I’ve tried. For example, choosing 22 files with varying focal lengths to Merge to Panorama in Photoshop – goes without a hitch…. Again it seems specifically linked to having performed the distort effect. Also tried Distort/Wave and the same occurred, stopped responding when trying to open another file.
Have deleted prefs files, reinstalled Lightroom etc, turned off Open GL, twiddled with the cache and RAM levels etc… still the same.
Any ideas?
Can anyone replicate this?
My current setup is:
P6T Motherboard
Intel Core i7 CPU 2.67 GHz
12 GB RAM
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
NVIDIA GeForce 880 GTS video card
One entire physical disk (70 GBs) solely as a scratch disk More than half of C drive free
Other disks with free space in scratch disk list
I have narrowed it down to a specific activity:
1) From Lightroom I choose ‘Edit in Photoshop’ (a RAW file) I could open more than one file at this point, no problem yet
2) Once a file or files are opened I choose to implement a Distort/Twirl (I have a very specific reason for using this command, developing elements for other creative works)
3) Having performed a Twirl distortion, I then choose to open another RAW file from Lightroom, choose Edit in Photoshop – Photoshop then just hangs, without opening the file and I see the message that it has stopped responding. I then have to forcibly end Photoshop and reopen it
4) This still occurs if from Lightroom, I choose ‘Show in Explorer’ and then try to open the RAW file by itself, Photoshop stops responding
I seem to get very good performance on other things I’ve tried. For example, choosing 22 files with varying focal lengths to Merge to Panorama in Photoshop – goes without a hitch…. Again it seems specifically linked to having performed the distort effect. Also tried Distort/Wave and the same occurred, stopped responding when trying to open another file.
Have deleted prefs files, reinstalled Lightroom etc, turned off Open GL, twiddled with the cache and RAM levels etc… still the same.
Any ideas?
Can anyone replicate this?
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