Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

There has been a lot of discussion on the Photoshop forum about the % of RAM 
that you should set for CS. I tried using high levels (75-90%) but found 
that some plugins would not work since they need some of the memory outside 
CS's share (NeatImage for example), and that other bits of CS seemed to be 
slower. The outcome was that allocating 50% of RAM to CS was probably the 
best compromise and that is what I now use. The only downside I have found 
is that some plugins (Kodak's airbrush) need more memory INSIDE CS's 
allocation. It seems to be swings and roundabouts! I don't use the Kodak 
plugin but I do use NeatImage, so 50% seems to be my best bet. This is for a 
PC; not sure whether Macs do things differently on this score.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Kale" <stevekale@...>


  Take a look at the RAM you
have allocated to PS.  As I only have 1GB in this new machine at the moment
I have it set to 90% which gives PS 789 MB.  However it has been debated
here and elsewhere before that RAM allocation should be left to the OS and
not individual apps.  My understanding is that OSX controls RAM allocation
between apps and so I am not sure which rules the roost (and that this is a
difference from Windows - I am not sure).  At any rate, I set the % high in
PS settings just to be safe.  If you have 2GB of RAM then a high allocation
will minimise the importance of your scratch disk setup.