Photoshop CS2 Problem…

[samwheale]

Hey guys,

I’ve been doing a lot of photo editing of late, since getting my new camera and a big problem has cropped up in Photoshop…

Basically, I’m in the habit of finishing my pictures and then saving them to .jpeg/.gif via Photoshop’s “Save For Web” feature in the File menu.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6820/sfwvo4.png

But now, when I go to click ‘Save’ the program stops responding and I have to end it through task manager

I was using this feature on Wednesday and now I just tried to use it again this happens

So far I’ve tried to Repair the program and I’ve uninstalled/re-installed, re-applied updates etc, but still no joy. Also tried defragging the C:\ drive and error-checking but the problem remains…

Any ideas?

Thanks,

SW.

 

[mscallisto]

try resetting your preferences... see my post on thread229-1025611

sam

 

[psymonj]

I'd be inclined to look at your scratch disk settings.

If the machine is trying to use free space that is being used by the system too, this might cause some serious issues!

Check your virtual RAM (pagefile) settings (I speak of Windows Experience here although you don't mention an OS).
I typically find that lass than 512MB runs well with the pagefile set to 2.5 times the phyisical amount (256mb*2.5 = 640mb VRAM).
Anything over at 1.5 X physical amount.

If you have more than one physical drive, place your pagefile on a different drive to your Photoshop scratch disk.

Might be something far simpler, but would be my starting point.

Good luck and happy 'shopping


Simon Clements-Hawes

http://www.silvercoast.co.uk

 

[kiddpete]

If this is Windows, try pressing ALT-CTR-DEL to bring up the Task Manager. Check the CPU activity. If it's high, see if you can spot what's using it. I've had a problem with poor response several times recently with things like AVG suddenly deciding it's time to run or to download an upgrade. On another occasion, mysqladmin wouldn't take Zone Alarm's 'No' as an answer. It continued to request network access, and ZA continued to refuse. The result was the CPU sitting between 50% and 60% utilized, and Photoshop creeping so slowly that you might think it was hung.