Photoshop disk usage problem

Owoc · 10-06-2008, 02:49 PM

I've run into a problem while working on an A0 format poster (300 dpi - it's huge). While the .psd itself isn't that big (110MB), Photoshop's "undo buffer" stores too many revisions, to the point where we run out of hard disk space (2,5 GB is available). So far we have periodically closed and reopened the file to purge the undo buffer, but that's obviously a low-tech and somewhat tedious approach.

Is there a way to limit the "undo buffer's" disk usage/number of revisions or at least a way to purge it manually without reopening?

In case it matters, we're running Photoshop CS2 on Windows XP.

A Boojum Snark · 10-06-2008, 03:17 PM

I've only got PS7, but there is "history states" under the general preferences to adjust how many steps it remembers. It may have moved in CS2 but it's probably still somewhere if not there.

Owoc · 10-06-2008, 04:12 PM

Yep, it was right where you said it would be. Ty.

10-06-2008, 02:49 PM	#1
Owoc natural selection player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: subset of R×R×R Class/Position: alien (fade), marine (comm) Gametype: classic ns Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Photoshop disk usage problem I've run into a problem while working on an A0 format poster (300 dpi - it's huge). While the .psd itself isn't that big (110MB), Photoshop's "undo buffer" stores too many revisions, to the point where we run out of hard disk space (2,5 GB is available). So far we have periodically closed and reopened the file to purge the undo buffer, but that's obviously a low-tech and somewhat tedious approach. Is there a way to limit the "undo buffer's" disk usage/number of revisions or at least a way to purge it manually without reopening? In case it matters, we're running Photoshop CS2 on Windows XP.

10-06-2008, 03:17 PM	#2
A Boojum Snark Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 4 Times	I've only got PS7, but there is "history states" under the general preferences to adjust how many steps it remembers. It may have moved in CS2 but it's probably still somewhere if not there.

10-06-2008, 04:12 PM	#3
Owoc natural selection player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: subset of R×R×R Class/Position: alien (fade), marine (comm) Gametype: classic ns Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Yep, it was right where you said it would be. Ty.

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