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csziggy

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9. In addition to RAM make sure you have enough disk space for a scratch disk

Wed Oct 11, 2017, 11:00 PM

Oct 2017

That is what PhotoShop calls it - basically it is the disk drive space it uses to save versions of your images as you work with them. PhotoShop loves a huge amount of scratch disk space.

I had a dedicated 128GB SSD drive just for my PhotoShop scratch disk when I built my "new" computer a few years back. When I added a 4 TB drive (in addtion to the 1 TB hybrid drive for Windows and the older 3 TB for my other data) to store scanned images I didn't have a connection for that disk drive so while it's still in the computer it's not hooked up. Now PhotoShop take whatever space it wants from the free space on the drive partition where I sort old documents after I scan them.

Between that and the 32 GB of RAM I put into this computer PhotoShop does not slow down at all when processing huge images.

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I know the answer is out there but can't get 'search' to work, so here goes. [View all] flamin lib Oct 2017 OP

What video Break time Oct 2017 #1

Okay, more ram it is. nt flamin lib Oct 2017 #3

Running Win 10 with 4 Gb RAM is a nonstarter. JayhawkSD Oct 2017 #2

Okay then, 8 gigs it is. nt flamin lib Oct 2017 #4

Sudden slow downs indicate that the hard drive and processor are busy doing other things. earthshine Oct 2017 #5

"Dammit, Jim, I'm a photographer not a hardware engineer . . ." flamin lib Oct 2017 #6

Sounds like you need a Spock to elucidate it for you. earthshine Oct 2017 #7

Ok, that helps a lot. I'm using the tutorials on YT to good advantage.nt flamin lib Oct 2017 #8

In addition to RAM make sure you have enough disk space for a scratch disk csziggy Oct 2017 #9

Disk space isn't an issue as I edit the quantity of images like a miser. flamin lib Oct 2017 #10

Hope the RAM works! csziggy Oct 2017 #11

Video editing really wants 16 gig of memory or more. ManiacJoe Oct 2017 #12