Huge CPU Usage in Elements 10

[Anita Bower]

I recently upgraded from Element 7 to 10. When using the RAW converter, my CPU usage was very large and Elements slowed down to an unusable level, or crashed. We solved this problem by turning off the Auto Analyzer functions in the Organizer.
It seems to me that we should not have had to do this.
I'm running Elements on a PC, Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13 GHz, RAM 3GB, Windows XP.
Has anyone else had this problem? Are there other solutions? Should I have different hardware?
I generally have running at the same time: Elements 10, Photoshop 7, a web browser, email.
Plugins: Topaz Suite, Color Efex Pro, Viveza 2.

Thank you!
Anita Bower

[Preeb]

Originally Posted by Anita Bower

I recently upgraded from Element 7 to 10. When using the RAW converter, my CPU usage was very large and Elements slowed down to an unusable level, or crashed. We solved this problem by turning off the Auto Analyzer functions in the Organizer.
It seems to me that we should not have had to do this.
I'm running Elements on a PC, Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13 GHz, RAM 3GB, Windows XP.
Has anyone else had this problem? Are there other solutions? Should I have different hardware?
I generally have running at the same time: Elements 10, Photoshop 7, a web browser, email.
Plugins: Topaz Suite, Color Efex Pro, Viveza 2.

Thank you!
Anita Bower

Most of us just turn off the auto-analyser. It has always been a bit of a problem with using a lot of CPU resources. I have no problems at all when I don't use any of the automatic features with Organizer. I prefer to be the one in control.

[ATR]

Anita Bower

When you go to Photoshop Elements 10 Full Editor, Edit Menu/Preferences/Performance, what are the settings and readings there?

ATR

[baycruisers]

Originally Posted by Anita Bower

I recently upgraded from Element 7 to 10. When using the RAW converter, my CPU usage was very large and Elements slowed down to an unusable level, or crashed. We solved this problem by turning off the Auto Analyzer functions in the Organizer.
It seems to me that we should not have had to do this.
I'm running Elements on a PC, Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13 GHz, RAM 3GB, Windows XP.
Has anyone else had this problem? Are there other solutions? Should I have different hardware?
I generally have running at the same time: Elements 10, Photoshop 7, a web browser, email.
Plugins: Topaz Suite, Color Efex Pro, Viveza 2.

Thank you!
Anita Bower

I think you're taxing your system pretty heavily, since it's XP and only 3 GB RAM. Any need to have both PSE and PS open at the same time?

[Anita Bower]

Originally Posted by ATR

Anita Bower

When you go to Photoshop Elements 10 Full Editor, Edit Menu/Preferences/Performance, what are the settings and readings there?

ATR

Memory Usage:
-Available RAM: 1568 MB
-Ideal Range: 862-1129 MB
-Let PSE Use: 1098 MB (70%)

History Cache:
-History States: 50
-Cache Levels: 6

Scratch Disks:
-Active: c;/
-free space: 43.99 GB

[Anita Bower]

Originally Posted by Preeb

Most of us just turn off the auto-analyser. It has always been a bit of a problem with using a lot of CPU resources. I have no problems at all when I don't use any of the automatic features with Organizer. I prefer to be the one in control.

Like you, when we turned off the auto-analyser, Elements 10 worked fine.

[Anita Bower]

Originally Posted by baycruisers

I think you're taxing your system pretty heavily, since it's XP and only 3 GB RAM. Any need to have both PSE and PS open at the same time?

The reason I have both open at the same time is that I do most of my work in PS7, the program I'm most familiar with. Up until I upgraded to Elements 10, PS7 was the only program allowing me to use layer masks. So, I did most of my work in PS7, and used Elements 7 (my old program) only for RAW conversions and for Nik plug-ins.

I suppose now that I have Elements 10, I could learn how to do most of my work in it.

[baycruisers]

Originally Posted by Anita Bower

The reason I have both open at the same time is that I do most of my work in PS7, the program I'm most familiar with. Up until I upgraded to Elements 10, PS7 was the only program allowing me to use layer masks. So, I did most of my work in PS7, and used Elements 7 (my old program) only for RAW conversions and for Nik plug-ins.

I suppose now that I have Elements 10, I could learn how to do most of my work in it.

I would consider upgrading your computer (I'll use any excuse to upgrade my hardware!)