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Re: [Digital BW] Great Tip if you have been experiencing photoshop crashes.

2002-07-30 by Stephen Jennings

Jerry, thanks for the tip.  Do you know what this plugin is for?

STEPHEN    JENNINGS
    P h o t o g r a p h e r
       Cambridge, MA
sgjennin@...

> Subject: [Digital BW] Great Tip if you have been experiencing photoshop
> crashes.
> 
> Here's a great tip for anybody who has ever experienced frequent
> freezing of the screen when using photoshop.
> 
> Find and remove the plugin: AltiVecCore. It's a plugin that comes with
> photoshop.
> 
> It is the cause of most of photoshop crashes. Got this advice on a
> photoshop list. I removed it over a month ago and have not had a crash
> since. I used to have them 3 or more times a day, doing nothing more
> than retouching with the clone tool. Move the mouse one time too many,
> and it crashed the program.
> 
> Jerry

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