Photoshop CS4

[hawkeye60]

I got the upgrade bug so I downloaded and installed it for the 30 day trial before I bought it. Glad I did. While my system exceeds the minimum specs. in all areas, CS4 is slow and unresponsive. I've done all the updating for video drivers etc. and followed all the suggestions I can find and it's still slow.

I checked the Adobe forum and apparently there are lots of people experiencing the same problems. http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b6f02c/284

While not everyone is having issues with CS4, I'd recommend trying before buying to see how it runs on your machine. Adobe will likely get it fixed but I'll wait before I buy. Right now the performance is unacceptable. :cry:

[tim]

Turn on OpenGL. If it's on already turn off advanced options. Next try turning it off. It runs the same speed now as CS3 did, i'm using OpenGL acceleration.

Update your video card drivers first.

[René Damkot]

If you have an usb drive attached, try if removing it helps. I've had PSCS4 work sluggish because of an USB HDD. no idea why, and not a big issue, since all my own HDD's are FW.

[hawkeye60]

Turn on OpenGL. If it's on already turn off advanced options. Next try turning it off. It runs the same speed now as CS3 did, i'm using OpenGL acceleration.

Update your video card drivers first.

Tried that. Tried all the suggestions and it's still slow. Updated all the drivers, DirectX, blah, blah, blah. Apparently Adobe is looking into it, but as yet there is no answer. For now I guess I'll look for other ways to spend, that won't be difficult.

[MaxxuM]

I got the upgrade bug so I downloaded and installed it for the 30 day trial before I bought it. Glad I did. While my system exceeds the minimum specs. in all areas, CS4 is slow and unresponsive. I've done all the updating for video drivers etc. and followed all the suggestions I can find and it's still slow.

I checked the Adobe forum and apparently there are lots of people experiencing the same problems. http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b6f02c/284

While not everyone is having issues with CS4, I'd recommend trying before buying to see how it runs on your machine. Adobe will likely get it fixed but I'll wait before I buy. Right now the performance is unacceptable. :cry:

Interesting, I've seen a speed increase on my MacBook Pro with CS4. Have you tried these things:

Did you have CS3 on your machine before CS4? If so there may be conflicts within the Registry, Common Application settings and so on (unistalling rarely takes everything out).

Uninstall CS4, reboot then run CCleaner (Cleaner & Registry modes). I would do this even if you didn't have CS3 on there before. Reboot then go into C:\Program Files and delete the Adobe folder and then run CCleaner again (Registry Mode only) - reboot. When the system is finished rebooting run CCleaner one more time to get any recreated keys then reinstall CS4 and reboot. Give it a try.

Still no luck? Try [in CS4] increasing Memory Usage, lowering History States and Cache Levels and then restart program.

[hawkeye60]

Interesting, I've seen a speed increase on my MacBook Pro with CS4. Have you tried these things:

Did you have CS3 on your machine before CS4? If so there may be conflicts within the Registry, Common Application settings and so on (unistalling rarely takes everything out).

Uninstall CS4, reboot then run CCleaner (Cleaner & Registry modes). I would do this even if you didn't have CS3 on there before. Reboot then go into C:\Program Files and delete the Adobe folder and then run CCleaner again (Registry Mode only) - reboot. When the system is finished rebooting run CCleaner one more time to get any recreated keys then reinstall CS4 and reboot. Give it a try.

Still no luck? Try [in CS4] increasing Memory Usage, lowering History States and Cache Levels and then restart program.

Thanks for the suggestions, but no CS3. I regularly run CCleaner, defrag etc. I've increased cache levels, lowered history, all the suggested fixes. No joy. If it was just me I'd be more inclined to work on it but it appears there are a lot of people experiencing the same problems. Adobe apparently has been able to recreate the problems and they are working on a solution.

I just wanted to warn people that they should make certain CS4 works properly on their computer before investing.

[FZ1]

What OS are you running? CS4 is optimized for a 64 bit OS so it will run much better on that platform. That said, it shouldn't run poorly on a machine with > requirements. From reading the Adobe thread it sounds more like a driver/software conflict causing the issue. Thanks for the info though, I have been considering upgrading to run on Win 7 64 bit.