“Could not complete the Export command because there is not enough memory (RAM).”
I got this when merely trying to export to the web a simple and small image.
I have 8 gigs of RAM, and CS4 never had this problem.
I won’t detail the screw-with-the-plugins-for-hours agony or any of the rest of the trauma, and I’ll skip to the chase:
the 32-bit version of PS CS5 no longer recognizes 3072 Megs of RAM on an 8-GB machine, and instead recognizes only 2.1 gigs.
So, if you switch to 32-bit mode to regain use of your plugins, you also loose 1 GB of RAM as well.
Needless to say, this has a serious effect on the performance of Photoshop with almost all plugins. As noted, I can no longer do a Save for Web and Devices, because (again, on my 8 GB machine) I “don’t have enough RAM.”
As a fine-art photographer whose gallery-displayed works depend on plugins, the upgrade to CS5 has been a disaster for me… or at the very least, a waste of $$$, and will remain so until such time as the plugins I’ve come to know, love, and depend upon, are made compatible with 64-bit mode, which recognizes all 8-gigs of my RAM.
Meanwhile, you may be able to get around it by visiting prefs and jamming the performance slider all the way to the right, so that you’re using “all” 2.1GB. (Success depends on your individual plugins, setup, etc.)
Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but until the rest of the plugin world catches up, CS4 may be the only way to fly.
Tracy
Shouldn’t Adobe be paying you to beta test CS5, rather than you paying them?!
Thanks Tracy for going through all this frustration and letting us know about it, so the rest of us don’t have to.
Comment by Steve Zmak — May 3, 2010 @ 10:39 am
I am using Adobe Cs4 and i will soon move to CS5. Is it a general problem of memory or its your system whioch is encountering this problem.
Comment by 360 Photos — May 17, 2010 @ 3:02 am
It’s a general problem, and applies to everyone. Adobe has acknowledged it, but does not consider it a problem. So far, I’ve been able to use my plugins, I’m please to say… but DO allocate all the RAM to Photoshop in CS5 / 32-bit or you’ll run into issues.
Comment by Tracy Valleau — May 17, 2010 @ 9:14 am
Yes on my mac 32 bit mode can’t get enough ram to save to web & devices. I had to copy the .app and rename it 32 bit and copy it back in the PS CS% folder. Now I use 64 bit mode but when I need a non supported plugin, I click on the photoshop 32 app and it asks me if I want to correct the location of the app, I say no, and then it works fine. At least I don’t have to keep going to “get info” and tick 32 bit mode. Basically the fix needs to be plugin updates to 64 bit, some which may never come, so it would be nice if Adobe would give back 3000 mb mem in 32 bit mode for macs in the meantime and make save to web etc work again.
Comment by xgman — June 6, 2010 @ 3:11 pm
Solved, sort of:
n the 32-bit version of Photoshop, you are more likely to have Out of RAM errors when you set the RAM allocation to 100%. If you get Out of RAM or Out of Memory errors, reduce the RAM allocation to 85-90% and retest. If problems continue, reduce the RAM allocation down by 5% increments and retest until the error stops occurring, or use the 64-bit version. If you get Out of RAM or Out of Memory errors when using the 64-bit version, increase your RAM allocation.
Comment by xgman — June 6, 2010 @ 5:25 pm