First of all, let’s see what the CS6 system requirements are:
Windows
• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP* with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (recommended)
• 1GB of RAM
• 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation
(cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit color and 256MB (512MB recommended)
of VRAM
• OpenGL 2.0–capable system
• DVD-ROM drive
Mac OS
• Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
• Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7
• 1GB of RAM
• 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation
(cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash
storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit color and 256MB (512MB recommended)
of VRAM
• OpenGL 2.0–capable system
• DVD-ROM drive
But those are minimum requirements. I work on a Windows desktop (4GB RAM, 1GB of VideoRAM) and still Photoshop
freezes at times, or slows down when multitasking. So if you are on a slower machine, the tips I will provide will be useful
for your workflow:
1. Close unused documents – every single image in Photoshop is a big memory consumer, so if
you’re done with an image – close it and you will free some memory up;
2. Use Purge – every now and then use Edit->Purge All (it will delete all history, empty the clipboard)
and it will feel like you’ve just opened Photoshop;
3. Disable Animated Zoom – go to Edit->Preferences->uncheck Animated Zoom;
4. Disable Flick Panning - go to Edit->Preferences->uncheck Enable Flick Panning;
5. Set Memory Usage to something like 70% - Edit->Preferences->Performance;
6. Add Scratch Disk(s) - Edit->Preferences->Performance;
7. Reduce the image resolution – if the final product is more likely to be used in a low resolution,
reduce it to tolerable values and you will see that it works faster now;
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