Photoshop Functional Optimization method sharing

　　General

Let's start with some general tips, no matter what you do with PS, this will benefit your productivity.

　　Size and size of file

At work I use the most file format is PSD, in order to ensure the image compatibility, Adobe to the PSD file size limit to 2G.

If PS starts to slow down, file size is the first thing worth checking. The small Lord is too fat, will run not move, must pay attention to the small master's weight in time!

If your application is in the same PSD for each screen, the file size can be quickly established, especially when you start adding a layer combination. Since Photoshop CC 14.2, we have applied the "link to smart Objects" feature more. These features let your application break down into some combination files, reducing a lot of hassle in the long term update process. I've started using these methods in my work, not only making it easy to use the PS process, but also allowing me to design every screen of the application more flexibly.

Adobe also has some restrictions on other file types: No files can be larger than 300,000 x 300,000 pixels; PDF My file cannot be greater than 10GB. However, if you are using Photoshop in a large document format, you do not need to worry because the file size is limited to 4 EB.

What is EB's concept? Simply put:

1024TB=1PB;

1024pb=1eb.

If the EB level of the hard drive, how many high-definition material can be put down!

　　Efficiency indicator

To know how many system resources are used by the PSD you are editing, there is a very simple way to do it.

In the lower-left corner of the PS workspace, there is an indicator that displays various information about the files that are open in the current workspace. The default is to display "File size" and you can see the words "Document: 12.5m/384.5m". By clicking on the "▶" on the right, you can change the information displayed, including "efficiency", in the way you like.

The indicator now displays words like this: "Efficiency: 100%". If the displayed value is less than 100%, it means that there is not enough memory allocated to PS, PS starts to call disk space to support the operation, at this time, of course, the speed will slow down.

If you see the number below 90% on the indicator, you should allocate more memory to your PS. About this, we'll discuss it in detail later.

If you are working in Full-screen mode, the indicator will be hidden. However, we can still observe this information through the information Panel.

Here are two simple and easy to operate the method, can liberate your memory, let the computer fly!

1. Clean up "restore", "clipboard" and "history";

Methods: Edit → clean → all

2. Close all the files you don't use right now.

Friendly tip: Clean up this function, as simple and brutal as a massacre but effective, this is an irreversible operation. If you think you're going to change your manuscript back to the way it was before, just clean up your clipboard!

Mac OS x–mavericks Users: Disable app NAP functionality

When PS is running in the background, you will feel that the program is running more and more slowly, especially when you are using a lot of automatic tasks or actions. The culprit is the app NAP feature introduced in the Mac OS 10.9 version. This feature is not useless, it exists mainly in order to run multiple tasks, to improve the battery's endurance. Principle, it is like this: if the application is hidden behind other windows, the program will "nap", slowing down the operation, saving system resources. But that's not what we want to see when we use PS.

However, for the PS owners, there are several ways we can easily solve this "nap" function:

1. Right-click the small PS icon in the Finder;

2. Select "Show Profile";

3. Check if the "Appnap" function has been ticked.

Finish the lunch, ~!.

　　Disable thumbnail feature

When you make a move to your document in your PS, PS will immediately update the thumbnail to your current workspace, this real-time calculation will slow the PS speed yo!

I often disable the thumbnail feature because it means I have to look more at the layers in the window, and personally feel better. And if you want to edit the PS file is a super layer of oversized files, turn off this feature, you will feel that your machine running more smoothly, a breath on the five floors, not a bother!

I think, basically, all of you have had this experience: when you move the layer, the layer does not follow your mouse arrows, the screen looks like they are in a short delay after the transient. But when you use the keyboard to control the displacement of the screen, this is much better.

This time, quickly remembered disables the thumbnail to this function! It is definitely a weapon to improve this vexed situation!

　　The action step is this drop:

1. Find the "☰" button in the small corner of the top right of the layer window and poke it up;

2. Find "Panel Options";

3. In the item "Thumbnail size," select "Close"

It's time to finish the lunch, ~!.

Photoshop Performance Preferences

This is a magical setting window where you can maximize your PS run speed here, depending on what you normally do with PS, whether you are editing a photo or UI design, you can feel your PS of a new life!

I am now using the 15 inch Retina screen MacBook Pro, the built-in 2.4GHz Intel Core i7 processor, 8G memory, Nvidia GeForce GT 650M Graphics. I want to show the settings are based on my machine, you must be based on your own machine configuration to reconsider the adjustment settings!

Well, after all that, we read the mantra: "Oh, come on, let's go, boom, ~ps, change!"

Change entrance: Menu bar →photoshop→ preferences → Performance

Memory usage

About memory I want to say that the truth is very simple, you allocate to PS more memory, PS will run faster!

Here you can control how much memory space is allocated to PS, which by default is 70%. If your memory is less than 4G, I strongly recommend that you use 32-bit PS to avoid low memory.

My special pet for PS is embodied in the allocation of memory, I gave PS 98% memory space, which is just good for me to work, the remaining memory enough to run slack and airmail. Although such a distribution may not be reasonable for you, after all, give PS too much memory, run other programs when the computer may appear cotton, can also start from 95%, and then slowly to explore the balance between PS and other programs, and finally find the appropriate settings for you.

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Work is always distracted? A moment to brush micro blog for a while to visit Taobao? Cola Orange teach you brilliant idea, countries marching type: The memory footprint of PS to 80%, so that the PS inside quickly gray up, PS outside card like Spring Festival. So, you get the redemption.

About available memory: it's worth noting that this is not all of your computer's memory, but the rest of it after you remove the basic requirements for operating system operations.

　　History and caching

The history and caching settings depend entirely on how you use PS. It is important to optimize these settings according to your workflow and habits.

1. Small or large and simple?

Small and complex: if you are working with a document that has a small size and extra layers, you can set your cache level to 2, and then the tile size (Tile size) is set to 128k.

Big and simple: If you are a photographer and often edit pictures with very large size and few layers, the following settings will be better for you. This is where the cache level is set to 6 and the tile size is set to 1024k.

Default value: If you are not sure or you are a PS greatly large cattle, the above two use scenarios are your common scenarios, then use the default value is good.

2. What is cache level and cache slice size?

The cache level setting allows PS to save a low-resolution version of the current document so that the software responds faster when drawing a high-resolution version. If you're struggling with some of the larger, less-layered pictures, consider setting the cache level to 8. In view of my personal work content, my setting is 2 yo.

PS processing data is "a piece of" processing, the cache tile size set determines the PS in processing data is how much space as a unit to deal with. If you use a complex procedure, a larger size will make the PS run faster, and it will make the display on the screen relatively slow. Again, these two items need to be set locally.

　　History

Every time you change your document, PS saves it so that you can undo some of the steps, and the numerical setting of the history state should be all the steps you have previously done, no matter how many. But if you save every single one, your disk space is in jeopardy and the performance of PS can be affected when there is not enough disk space.

By default, history retains the last 20 steps of your operation. It's not enough for me! I like to leave more leeway to myself, so that my design has more room for manoeuvre, so I set the history step to keep the last 100 steps.

　　Cache disk

The cached disk is a temporary cache space provided to PS when the system is low on memory. So, the faster the disk speed the better, ideally, it should be a solid state hard drive. Work will handle a large picture of the pro, recommend you to set up a cache disk, so that you can run the PS more smoothly.

　　Settings for graphics processors

Using a graphics processor properly can improve PS performance, check the window for performance settings, and ensure that the use of graphics processors (using Graphics Processor) is selected.

Click on the GPU Setup Panel, "Advanced Settings", there are three options, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the options, you can choose according to their own situation, the choice of the use of their own habits. There is a drawing mode in the advanced setting, which is best for me, and you can try other settings if you feel that the software is not running smoothly enough in the drawing.

At the end, I want to tell you the most important words: The above we discuss the settings, all need to restart PS to be effective!

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