I open 25mb photos from Bridge CS5, make adjustments in RAW, then open them in Photoshop to apply filters & masks etc.. Once opened in Photoshop, I can work with a multi layered 200mb psd file without any issues.
However, after closing it, then opening another image in RAW, adjusting it, then opening that image in Photoshop, I will suddenly get an error message saying Not enough memory (RAM), even though this is a far smaller file (26mb), than the psd file I just had opened earlier (200mb).
I can work for a while without problems, then suddenly I start to get the error messages, even though I have closed all my other programs, & all other files.
I have also regularly cleaned out my temp files.
I don't know much about hardware, but asked for a fast machine that could handle editing of large hi-res still photos, running the Adobe Standard suite.
I only work with still photos from photoshoots, or layouts in InDesign & Illustrator. I don't do any 3D or animation, or run any games, so I was told the PC & graphics card I bought would handle what I do.
I have set my Prefs in Photoshop Performance at the higher end of 'the ideal range'.
I have a brand new PC & Windows 7 & have only had it for 3 months, but only work on it 3 days a week so shouldn't need much defragging:
i7 - 860 CPU,
4GB DDR3 1333MHZ (2x2GB) RAM
500GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
ATI Radeon 4550 512MB PCle Graphics
I thought I should get 4GB more RAM but my computer boffin friend says that won't make a difference - as he checked my CPU usage in Task Manager & it is handling it. He thinks I might need a bigger Graphics Card, but he's not sure.
Does anyone know why I get the error messages? Will a better graphics card fix it, or there something else I need to reset, or do I have to put up with having to clean out temp files, shut down totally, then reboot, every 2 hours?
Thanks,
Gerooster.