dbritch
2007-02-17 04:57:59 UTC
Overall, I like CS3. However, I see a few problems. First, the printing
system has some issues that have already been discussed. Second, though, is
the performance of Smart Sharpen. It was somewhat slow in CS2, and I've seen
some folks suggest that it is faster in CS3. This leads me to suspect
something odd about my configuration. I watched it attempt to sharpen an image
from my Canon 5D immediately prior to posting this note. After about 4 minutes
of work, the progress bar had made it to nearly 1/4 of the way across. I
switched my focus to this Firefox, and in a few seconds (less than 40) it was
done.
I ran it again, and had a similar experience. In 4:28, the progress bar moved
about 1/4 of the distance, and then in about 10 seconds move the rest of the
way.
This seems odd for two reasons - both that it takes 4:40 to run the filter,
and that nearly all the time is represented by the first 1/4 of the progress
bar.
I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2, on an AMD64 X2 3800, with 2GB of memory. I'm
using a Raptor for my system drive, and my PS scratch is on a dedicated Seagate
Barracuda. The Preferences Performance dialog indicates 1717MB of free RAM,
and PS is configured to use up tp 1287 (75%). History is set to 20 states, and
6 Cache Levels.
Am I doing something wrong? Should Smart Sharpen *really* take 4:40 to
sharpen a 12.8Mpixel file?
Thanks,
David
system has some issues that have already been discussed. Second, though, is
the performance of Smart Sharpen. It was somewhat slow in CS2, and I've seen
some folks suggest that it is faster in CS3. This leads me to suspect
something odd about my configuration. I watched it attempt to sharpen an image
from my Canon 5D immediately prior to posting this note. After about 4 minutes
of work, the progress bar had made it to nearly 1/4 of the way across. I
switched my focus to this Firefox, and in a few seconds (less than 40) it was
done.
I ran it again, and had a similar experience. In 4:28, the progress bar moved
about 1/4 of the distance, and then in about 10 seconds move the rest of the
way.
This seems odd for two reasons - both that it takes 4:40 to run the filter,
and that nearly all the time is represented by the first 1/4 of the progress
bar.
I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2, on an AMD64 X2 3800, with 2GB of memory. I'm
using a Raptor for my system drive, and my PS scratch is on a dedicated Seagate
Barracuda. The Preferences Performance dialog indicates 1717MB of free RAM,
and PS is configured to use up tp 1287 (75%). History is set to 20 states, and
6 Cache Levels.
Am I doing something wrong? Should Smart Sharpen *really* take 4:40 to
sharpen a 12.8Mpixel file?
Thanks,
David