photoshop CS slow on mac G4 2

[kentucky]

Photoshop runs slow in large fies.
the machine does have 1.25 GB DDR SDRAM.
and it is a 1.25 GHZ PowerPC G4 with 1MB L3 cache.
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics.

when i have a very large file 300mb or larger in photoshop. the machine is extremely slow. i spend more time watching my beach ball spinning then i get work done.

Our company cannot afford to buy a new mac. and we added more ram last year. which did not really help the problem.
does anyone know what i can add that may fix this.
maybe i need a new processor?

 

[kentucky]

Its CS2 not CS

 

[apepp]

...how much disk space is remaining on the computer?

andrew

 

[apepp]

...which version of mac os x?

andrew

 

[spamjim]

2 basic steps:

1) make sure you have a separate dedicated scratch disk (not a separate partition but a separate disk from the system disk)

2) go to preferences and drop the history states level down (maybe to 10)

 

[kentucky]

10.4.11 osx

40.02 GB available on hard drive.
34.5 used.

also have an extra hard drive that we installed.
178.41 GB availiable.
54.33 used.

 

[apepp]

>>> "when i have a very large file 300mb or larger in photoshop"

...300Mb isn't a small image by any means, so some operations will likely run a bit sluggish after a while...

...one area to look into is the tile plugin:

Quit Photoshop.

Locate the "~Bigger Tiles" plugin

Photoshop CS2/Plug-Ins/Adobe Photoshop Only/Extensions/Bigger Tiles

Rename the file, removing the tilde (~) from the file name.

Start Photoshop and you may see an improvement in performance.

Andrew

 

[apepp]

..it could also be that you need to perform some general system maintenance, onyx can help:

http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/onyx_tiger.html

...more info from adobe here:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/320/320005.html

andrew

 

[kentucky]

its faster now. when i dedicated another scratch drive. plus bumped up using more ram to 88%.
and dropped the history states to 10.
i also removed the ~ from the bigger tiles plug-in./
i was unable to download the free titanium program.

i wonder if adding even more ram would help. since photoshop is using 88% of the ram... maybe i need more for my other applications.
because quark is slow too. and the opening of other programs as well.
there is one more slot open for more ram.

 

[apepp]

...the download link to onyx is here for Mac OS X Tiger only:

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/joel.barriere/dl/104/OnyX.dmg

...adding more ram wouldn't hurt either if you have a free slot...

andrew