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Post by quickdrawmcgraw on Dec 2, 2006 2:00:12 GMT -5
I'm working with photoshop and I've come to a point where I can't improve a picture because it tells me "scratch disks are full". What does this mean? How do I fix this?
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Post by notic on Dec 3, 2006 2:31:51 GMT -5
Your scratch disk is your hard drive. Photoshop uses space on you hard drive when your working on an image for temporary storage. This is necessary for photoshop to operate. The easiest way to fix this problem is to clear up some hard drive space on your computer. If you have more then one hard drive, setting the scratch disk to a different drive is a good way to fix this too. You can edit these options here.
Edit>Preferences>Plug-in's & Scratch Disks
Upping the amount of Ram photoshop is allowed to use might help it rely less on the scratch disk.
Edit>Preferences>Memory & Image Cache
Be careful with giving Photoshop too much though, Windows needs quite a bit to run and if your multitasking any, you might see some bad system performance.
Really, the quick fix of clearing some hard drive space should do the trick though, tweaking with the other settings is just another way to get beter performance out of photoshop so try that first.
*edit* Just thought I would add, depending upon what version of photoshop your using (hopefully CS or newer) there is a small status bar at the bottom left corner of the file your working on. You can set this to display how large the file your working on is. just click on the little black arrow then goto Show>Document Sizes.
The number on the left is the size of the image flattened for print, the number on the right (The one you are looking for) is the size with all of the layers and effects etc. If you take that number and clear out at least that much hard drive space, then you'll at least be able to open the file without any problems. This can help you know when your file is really ballooning.
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Post by quickdrawmcgraw on Dec 4, 2006 14:53:42 GMT -5
the problem is a little different than I first thought. It doesn't look like its Photoshop's problem, as it is only the one picture that takes forever plus a couple of hours to load. All other pieces in Photoshop come up just fine. Is it because the one file is larger than it needs to be? If so how do I fix it? Like I said, all other photoshop stuff comes up okay and they are also comic pages I made the same way.
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Post by notic on Dec 4, 2006 15:18:02 GMT -5
What is the actual filesize of the file your trying to open? Could you have made a mistake resizing it and accidentally saved it much larger then you had expected? A 40000x40000 when you ment to say 4000x4000? If that's the case, the only way to correct it would require opening the file and reducing the size. If it's saved in a format other then PSD you might be able to resize it without opening it with a program like Infranview.
It's a possibility some of the file is corrupted and photoshop his having problems reading it which could cause it to look like it's stalled and be unable to open. It's unlikely but it has happened to me before.
Have you been incrementally saving? If you can't figure out the problem there is a chance you'll have to go back to a previous version.
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Post by quickdrawmcgraw on Dec 4, 2006 16:30:15 GMT -5
Thanks for that, yeah, the file says it is running at 37.5 MB (39,401,001 bytes)... Thats more than twice the size of all the other photoshop programs I am running. How can I reduce it (preferably without erasing it, as I did put alittle work into it already)?
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Post by quickdrawmcgraw on Dec 4, 2006 17:43:46 GMT -5
notic You are a lifesaver. I was able to make the actual image smaller and it, in turn, reduced the file size (duh). I would never had thought to check that had you not suggested it... I am a computer simpleton. You are my new hero.
P.s. Don't tell lin or dave I said that... or they'll kill the hostages...
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Post by notic on Dec 4, 2006 17:50:44 GMT -5
What kind of machine are you running? A 37 MB file shouldn't be too bad. Can you open the file at all? There might be some things you can do to reduce elements of it.
Merge similar layers and crop the image to 100% (Deleting the areas outsize the active canvas) by selecting the crop tool, selecting everything with it, and hitting enter. Of course the most obvious option, just resize the image so it's smaller. Of course all of these options have drawbacks, It would depend on your situation.
Let me know if any of that works any.
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Post by quickdrawmcgraw on Dec 4, 2006 18:07:14 GMT -5
Simply reducing the picture size was enough. Now it's the size it should be and opens more easily. I was able to open it before it just took longer. Thanks again for all your help, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for you if... no, wait... when I need help again.
-Matt
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Post by micah on Dec 4, 2006 19:13:13 GMT -5
Check out the big brain on Notic! I was beginning to think that McGraw had come to the wrong forum.
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Post by notic on Dec 4, 2006 20:10:34 GMT -5
Hehe, sorry about that quickdrawmcgraw, It seemed you posted that reply while I was typing up mine lol.
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Post by quickdrawmcgraw on Dec 9, 2006 3:34:11 GMT -5
I think I'm getting the hang of it-
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Post by notic on Dec 9, 2006 18:34:23 GMT -5
Good, that means you have to share some of your results with us ^^
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Post by quickdrawmcgraw on Dec 14, 2006 19:03:08 GMT -5
Whatcha think?  |
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Post by neenjah on Dec 14, 2006 20:38:54 GMT -5
Nice job. Good colors.
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Post by notic on Dec 14, 2006 22:51:04 GMT -5
That looks pretty cool, Space man with the harthingy, take down that monster! The guy is stylized in an interesting way.
A little technical thing you might have missed - the monster's tentacles aren't casting a shadow on his Right leg.
Besides that it's looking cool. I can't wait to see more ^^
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