Slow batch processing multiple files :?:

[bluzdoctor]

I am teaching an online class in photojournalism and my students are using PhotoShop Elements 3. They need to batch process some of their files to reduce the size before submitting the images to me.

One student's computer is running the multiple process very slowly (35 minutes each image). She has a compaq laptop with 1.2ghz Pentium III and 256mb RAM with Windows XP.

Can anyone help with this? Does she simply need more RAM or is there another issue?

Joel

[MikeH]

Joel,

Your student's PC is towards the minimum requirements to run PE3.

The system requirements are quoted as:

:arrow: PIII, P4 or equivalent

:arrow: 256mb minimum, 512mb RAM or more recommended

Installing another 256mb would certainly help.

Mike

[spotduster]

I'm having the same problem on an Athlon XP 2000 system. Windows XP Home SP2. 768 MB Ram. Hard drives (C:=30GB, D:=15GB, S:=160GB, T:=80GB) Running very slow when batch processing. This is a recent clean install of XP Home. Hard disk is being accessed excessively, and system is slow as dirt while processing multiple only. I can edit these much faster by hand. Is there a reason for this? (My P4 256mb 20GB/30GB system just crashes (stops responding) when I try to edit multiples.) ... After p.aying around it this problem I have come to this conclusion: Large filesizes (resolution of 2580x1932) seem to bring on the issue. (Both JPG and BMP) I used another program to batch resize the photos to 500x374. Once resized PE3 flys through the pics. I tried even using PE3 to just batch resize the photos and it about locks up either machines. I have to end task to get out. Changing scratch disks does not help this issue. I don't understand how other software can resize photos efficiently, and PE3 goes to a crawl with just 10 photos. Like I say it's definately size related, there seems to be some filesize cutoff where the issue starts. I can duplicate this issue on 2 completely different machines.

[shawn33k3]

Originally Posted by bluzdoctor

I am teaching an online class in photojournalism and my students are using PhotoShop Elements 3. They need to batch process some of their files to reduce the size before submitting the images to me.

One student's computer is running the multiple process very slowly (35 minutes each image). She has a compaq laptop with 1.2ghz Pentium III and 256mb RAM with Windows XP.

Can anyone help with this? Does she simply need more RAM or is there another issue?

Joel

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