Re: Scratch Disk Full??

Paul J Gans wrote:
>
> Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >kctan wrote:
> >>
> >> That means your HardDisk is almost full and lacks of space for virtual
> >> memory. Do some cleaning to clear unwanted data to retrieve some HD space or
> >> get another new one.
> >>
> >Sadly I have had this report when my hard disc was and still is
> >nowhere near half full
>
> Doesn't it mean that the scratch disk region is full? It
> should not be full on the startup of photoshop, it should
> be empty. It should only fill if you are working with
> large images (how large depends on how much ram is allocated
> to Photoshop) or have a large number of layers, etc., open
>
> Then you might see the message. But when you close everything
> and open a "normal" image, you should have plenty of room.
>
> If this is not what you are seeing, something is wrong.
>
> --- Paul J. Gans

I think in my case it has been lack of memory and or actual machine
problems. I do find fault with PS though. Can't recall which bit it is
but it made the surface of the image glossy or matt and kind of 3d
without losing colour, that sort of stuff. Almost guaranteed to crash
the program when I was messing around with it.
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