Anairb Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I've just started using AP and am finding that both on my PC (WIn10 64Bit) and MacBook Pro all the processes start to slow down after a while. These include making various Adjustments, using the Filter dropdown to access Unsharp Mask and Clarity, etc., and Saving and Exporting. Is there a way of getting around this. In Photoshop on the PC I have a special dedicated SSD drive that the programme uses as temporary storage, and which speeds up all the processes. I can't seem to find a similar option in AP. It gets really bad, occasionally slowing down the process by up to five minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 21, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 21, 2018 Hi @Anairb, Welcome to the forums. Have you got a lot of live filters on your document? Can you share the .afphoto file with us? We do not have a dedicated option to change the temp folder. It will use your system default %appdata% and temp folder. Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anairb Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Hi, Gabriel, Thanks. No, I don't have a lot of live filters. There's generally an adjustment layer, sometimes two (I know, these aren't Live Filters), plus an Unsharp Mask Live Filter, occasionally a Clarity or an Add Noise. I generally Export the file to a Jpeg (it's needed for two books I'm publishing on Blurb, which only accepts Jpegs), so I don't save them as .afphoto as that just takes up space. I will do it on my next photo. So far, I've tried to cope by closing and re-opening AF, but that doesn't seem to help. It's been getting worse. Yesterday, working on my MacBook Pro, each filter/adjustment/save was taking a minimum of 15 seconds, and up to 90. Best wishes, Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 28, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 28, 2018 Thank you. We would need either the .afphoto file, or a screen recording of this in action, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anairb Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Just done the first one of the day (no slowing down yet...). Here's the .afphoto file. Wow, it's really big. The Jpeg is 2.38mbs... Whoops - There was a problem processing the uploaded file. -200 Tried twice. Now what? Orestes_Contacts014_Iris_Imaginary_child_1.afphoto Orestes_Contacts014_Iris_Imaginary_child_1.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 FYI but I have found that when I have the Undo limit in the preferences at the default of 1024 I also find it slowing down after an few hours of work. I can't imagine needing to back up 1024 moves, so I reduce it to 402 and then don't see the slowing down. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anairb Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Thanks, I've changed mine to 402. Hope that works. The reason for the upload fail was my VPN... Here it is. Orestes_Contacts014_Iris_Imaginary_child_1.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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