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Title: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Post by: Simon on July 17, 2008, 23:56

When I launch the above, it seems to take an age to load and start up - something like 35 seconds last time, on my new PC, which isn't a slouch.  Does anyone else use Elements, do you find it slow to start, and have you any tricks to make start up faster?

Title: Re: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Post by: Sandra on July 18, 2008, 00:42

I use photoshop CS3 and that takes ages loading all its extras so I expect its a similar thing Simon. If I just want to view a jpg or some other picture file and not mess around with it then I just tell it to open in something else to save time  :)

Title: Re: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Post by: Simon on July 18, 2008, 07:23

Thanks, Sandra.  At least I know it's not just me!  :)

Title: Re: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Post by: sam on July 18, 2008, 08:41

Irfanview is really good for just quickly looking at an image, and has some good tools to mess around with it. If I was using windows and needed to crop something quickly or resize something then I'd use that over photoshop any day.

Title: Re: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Post by: GillE on July 18, 2008, 09:15

My Paint Shop Pro v9 also takes ages to load.  So does the Gimp since I 'upgraded' to Vista.

Title: Re: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Post by: Simon on July 18, 2008, 09:32

That's the thing isn't it?  I don't mind waiting for it if I'm going to do some sort of project or something, but just to, say, save a screenshot, it's a real pain.

Title: Re: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Post by: Tony on July 27, 2008, 18:51

It takes 5 seconds or less, but I'm still using version one  :blush:

Title: Re: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Post by: Simon on July 27, 2008, 19:22

Get with the times, Bro!   :laugh: