When trying to "Save" or "Save As" in PS CS, I get an error message that there's not enough memory to complete the action, and that I should try saving as a non-optimized file. When I selecting .jpg standard (as opposed to .jpg optimized) I can save the file. The files are approximately 4 MB.
I don't know how much difference there is between a stadard and optimized .jpg - looks fine - but I'm perplexed why this would happen all of the sudden. I was saving .jpgs fine one minute, then, literally a few minutes later, it wouldn't work.
I'm running a Dell with XP and 4GB of RAM, most of which is not being used. PS will only use about 1.7 max, so it doesn't seem like a real memory issue.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
Rick, you can probably still save the image as TIF, then close PS, reopen it and save as JPG. What happens sometimes is that PS will fill up its caching buffers and not have sufficient room to run external applications (some functions of PS are implemented as standalone programs).
On a PC you can still get PS to use 3GB our of your 4 with a special boot configuration to Windows XP (I don't remember what it is but should be easy enough to look up) or, alternatively, you can reduce the number of caching levels to prevent the buffers from filling.
Thanks, Guy. I did save as a TIF to keep from losing my work; I didn't try to close/openand then save that as a .jpg though. I'll try tonight. That's a messy work-around, but at least it's a work-around and I can get rid of the large TIF files...
I'll also try reducing the # of caching levels (currently set to 4) and see if that helps. If that doesn't do the trick, I may try uninstalling and reinstalling.
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2 repliesI don't know how much difference there is between a stadard and optimized .jpg - looks fine - but I'm perplexed why this would happen all of the sudden. I was saving .jpgs fine one minute, then, literally a few minutes later, it wouldn't work.
I'm running a Dell with XP and 4GB of RAM, most of which is not being used. PS will only use about 1.7 max, so it doesn't seem like a real memory issue.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
On a PC you can still get PS to use 3GB our of your 4 with a special boot configuration to Windows XP (I don't remember what it is but should be easy enough to look up) or, alternatively, you can reduce the number of caching levels to prevent the buffers from filling.
Guy
I'll also try reducing the # of caching levels (currently set to 4) and see if that helps. If that doesn't do the trick, I may try uninstalling and reinstalling.