#Emplant
Hank.
RE: slow photoshop on emplant
Hey there! Your system is very similar to mine. I'm running a Zues
'040 w/ 16 mb of ram. I too also have about 11 megs allocated to the
emplant.
What you are experienceing is probably the virtual mem kicking in.
Click on the Photoshop icon once and "get info" on it (I forgot the Mac
eqivalent, but its there) and check the memory allocated. Chances are if
you're just starting up is that its set to 5mbs. Change to as high as you
can get it before the program fails to load initially. It may require
some restarts. Remember that Photoshop is a memory hog, and anything
under 32 or so megs will start causing the virtual mem kicking in. If you
have a fast HD that would help. Any filtering, or the Xaos tools filters
are serious memory hogs, so check what you have installed. If you don't
need it, diable it in the preferences.
If you're running at 24 bit on a RTG-wanna-be board, you will see a
tremendous lag on the screen updates. The actual program or processing is
really noticablly slower, but I could be wrong. This is because the mac
uses square pixels and the Amiga uses retangular ones, and there is a
display recalculation of some sort. I use the QV (quick video) option of
the EGS display to help speed things up.
Oh yeah, check out the mac forums for some cool multiveiwing utilities
that are available. If you just want to check out pixs, its quick.
I hope this buyout clears up soon!!!!
CyberCruising at ya from Brooklyn, NY on Autopilot,
—Archie