Digital BW, The Print

Some time back, I noted, that you can alter the "priority" of PShop from 
the task manager OR you can
change it's default priority in the registry (I don't recommend the
latter unless you intend to lower it's priority).. You can also use 
command line options in your shortcut to load PShop with a higher priority.

I use the following (understanding that both my Windows and PShop 
directories are on my D: drive) :

Target:  D:\WINDOWS\system32\CMD.EXE /C "start /HIGH Photoshp.exe"

Start in: "D:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 6.0"

where I use "/HIGH", there are other options:

/REALTIME
/HIGH
/ABOVENORMAL
/NORMAL
/BELOWNORMAL
/LOW


Unfortunately you cannot set CPU affinity via a command line option like 
that..  Some aftermarket add-ons that supposedly will do so seem not to 
like PhotoShop...
Keith

 

"Just some guy," and founder of the Multiverse's largest EPSON printer 
User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo 
Publications), at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSONx7x_Printers/
 
"For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together 
guys"

 




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can you repost the earlier info about the task manager?

thanks

tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Editor P.O.V. Image Service [mailto:editor@...]
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 11:19 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Info for Windows Photoshop users that may be of
> use... (particularly NT, 2000 and XP users)
>
>
> Some time back, I noted, that you can alter the "priority" of PShop from
> the task manager OR you can
> change it's default priority in the registry (I don't recommend the
> latter unless you intend to lower it's priority).. You can also use
> command line options in your shortcut to load PShop with a higher
> priority.
>
> I use the following (understanding that both my Windows and PShop
> directories are on my D: drive) :
>
> Target:  D:\WINDOWS\system32\CMD.EXE /C "start /HIGH Photoshp.exe"
>
> Start in: "D:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 6.0"
>
> where I use "/HIGH", there are other options:
>
> /REALTIME
> /HIGH
> /ABOVENORMAL
> /NORMAL
> /BELOWNORMAL
> /LOW
>
>
> Unfortunately you cannot set CPU affinity via a command line option like
> that..  Some aftermarket add-ons that supposedly will do so seem not to
> like PhotoShop...
> Keith
>
>
>
> "Just some guy," and founder of the Multiverse's largest EPSON printer
> User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo
> Publications), at:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSONx7x_Printers/
>
> "For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together
> guys"
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Tim Atherton" <tim@k...> wrote:
> can you repost the earlier info about the task manager?
> 
You can alter the "priority" of PShop from the task
manager OR you can change it's default priority in the registry (I
don't recommend the latter unless you intend to lower it's priority).. 

To change it while PShop is already running..

Simply open the taskmanager by invoking "taskman" from the "run"
dialog, or.. by using CTRL-ALT-DEL

Go to the "processes" tab...

When you find Photoshp.exe, right-click on it and choose the "set
priority..." option..

Choose a priority- you can alter this as needed if you decide to load
/ unload other processes/programs that may need more resources.. As an
example, you might lower it while PShop runs batch actions and you do
other work, then raise it back up when you are doing image editing..

Unless you are running two or more CPUs I strongly recommend avoiding
"realtime"..

Yes, you can change the priority while PShop is running (if you find
you want more or less cpu cycles devoted to it)..

If you have more than one CPU, you can consider setting a CPU affinity
as well, but since some filters actually multi-thread,  you would
likely be losing performance by doing so..

Keith

Editor P.O.V. Image Service wrote:

> Some time back, I noted, that you can alter the "priority" of PShop 
> from the task manager OR you can
> change it's default priority in the registry (I don't recommend the
> latter unless you intend to lower it's priority).. You can also use 
> command line options in your shortcut to load PShop with a higher 
> priority.
>
> I use the following (understanding that both my Windows and PShop 
> directories are on my D: drive) :
>
> Target:  D:\WINDOWS\system32\CMD.EXE /C "start /HIGH Photoshp.exe"
>
> Start in: "D:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 6.0"
>
> where I use "/HIGH", there are other options:
>
> /REALTIME
> /HIGH
> /ABOVENORMAL
> /NORMAL
> /BELOWNORMAL
> /LOW
>
>
> Unfortunately you cannot set CPU affinity via a command line option 
> like that..  Some aftermarket add-ons that supposedly will do so seem 
> not to like PhotoShop...
> Keith
>
>
I am attaching my ENTIRE sig line to this copy for a reason.

IF anyone forwards, reprints, or cites this command line technique for 
starting PhotoShop at a particular priority, I would simply ask that I 
also be cited as the ORIGINAL source for said information.

This particular tip IS NOT one I have seen on any Photoshop website or 
in any PhotoShop book as of yet abd therefore would sincerely request 
that if the technique is referred to, described, or referenced, I be 
given the simple common courtesy of credit for suggesting the technique 
be used  for running PhotoShop under Windows, and for explaining how to 
do so. (if possible, I would ask that I please be cited by name with a 
link and reference to the 2000+ member EPSON printer group I founded, 
at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSONx7x_Printers)

My publishing the particulars of this idea on this forum in no way 
indicates that I have relinquished any copyright inherent in said content.

I have no objection to the idea being added to a compendium of 
 PhotoShop tips online, or in book form, etc. I simply ask that I be 
appropriately credited.

Thanks.
Keith

 

"Just some guy," and founder of the Multiverse's largest EPSON printer 
User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo 
Publications), at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSONx7x_Printers/
 
"For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together 
guys"

 

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