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1. Re: Having 2 Versions of Photoshop.exe
John Joslin Jun 17, 2010 4:15 PM (in response to Shan-Dysigns)I'm pretty sure the activation system would rule that out.
I read somewhere that recent versions of PS do not load all that stuff on startup but on demand.
Do you use a font manager?
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2. Re: Having 2 Versions of Photoshop.exe
Shan-Dysigns Jun 17, 2010 4:26 PM (in response to John Joslin)I am currently using FontExpert as a font manager. How does a font manager come into play with my question?
After thinking about my question, I don't think I could achieve what I was wanting. Unless I'm wrong, all the presets and such aren't stored in the exe of Photoshop (maybe reference to the files that store that information), but I would think the only way to get what I wanted would be to have a separate install of Photoshop in a different directory. This way, ALL related files would be separate from the original install files. Then again, even if I chose a different directory to install into, required system files would probably still be placed in the "common files" and "system32" folders (assuming any files that may be placed in there would have anything to do with storing preset data).
Come to think of it, I think too many things would have to work a certain way for me to achieve what I was thinking. Like you mentioend, maybe CS5 handles presets differently. I will have to find a bank to knock over before I can find out
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3. Re: Having 2 Versions of Photoshop.exe
John Joslin Jun 17, 2010 11:54 PM (in response to Shan-Dysigns)The font manager could cut down the number of fonts loaded on startup.
Your best solution would be to get a copy of PS Elements for the basic stuff.
Having said that, I can't understand why PS should take more than a few seconds to load up – maybe you should look at tuning up your system.
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4. Re: Having 2 Versions of Photoshop.exe
Shan-Dysigns Jun 18, 2010 12:35 AM (in response to John Joslin)I basically only have the default system fonts installed. There are a few other fonts I've installed (less than 20) that I use all the time. Any other fonts are placed into groups where I can just temporarily install them per project.
I takes about 60-70 seconds for Photoshop to open. For all the things I do randomly throughout the day, I need all the presets, plugins, etc installed and available. I have many clients who sometimes need a quick fix, so I always leave my PS open all day anyway. It's just that first run that takes so long to open (also any other time I have to re-open PS for whatever reason). Sometimes I have to exit PS because when I am rendering video, I need that RAM freed up. I'm planning on getting an Alienware soon, so most of these system load issues will be gone. But in the meantime, I was hoping there was a simple solution. For now, I just open PS and go shower... most of the time it's fully opened by the time I dry off... [that was a joke just in case...]
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5. Re: Having 2 Versions of Photoshop.exe
Shan-Dysigns Jun 18, 2010 12:40 AM (in response to Shan-Dysigns)How weird... after exiting PS when I tested how long it takes to open (in which I didn't even open a document or anything), and then exited... I just now opened PS again and it all loaded within 5 seconds... Maybe the load time is random based on what else my computer is doing.... oh well..
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6. Re: Having 2 Versions of Photoshop.exe
RWSP Jun 18, 2010 7:20 AM (in response to Shan-Dysigns)Effect of RAM or disk cache?
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7. Re: Having 2 Versions of Photoshop.exe
Hobotor Jun 18, 2010 8:46 AM (in response to Shan-Dysigns)Use 32 and 64 bit
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8. Re: Having 2 Versions of Photoshop.exe
Shan-Dysigns Jun 18, 2010 9:41 AM (in response to Hobotor)Hobotor wrote:
Use 32 and 64 bit
I hate it when people just vomit a suggestion without actually reading the issue.
It's a little obvious I don't have a 64-bit processor. I mentioned planning on buying a new computer because of "system load" issues. That might make one believe I'm still on an older computer.
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9. Re: Having 2 Versions of Photoshop.exe
Hobotor Jun 18, 2010 11:04 AM (in response to Shan-Dysigns)No it's not obvious. You can run 64 bit on 1 gb ram too, so excuse me for suggesting an option.
Good luck
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10. Re: Having 2 Versions of Photoshop.exe
ablichter Jun 18, 2010 11:22 AM (in response to Shan-Dysigns)Hi,
I believe the only way to accomplish that, is to change the location of that folders and use a bit batch scripting.
F.e. move you preset and plug-ins folder to say C:\CS4\presets and C:\CS4\plug-ins and create two batches.
1.
mklink /j "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\presets" "C:\CS4\presets"
mklink /j "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\plug-ins" "C:\CS4\plug-ins"
2.
rd "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\presets"
rd "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\plug-ins"
The first one - which you call before you start PS, creates links to the outsourced folders. When finishing PS, you call the other, which deletes the links.
Than you would be able to start CS4 regually without plug-ins and presets.
You also can write only one batch an add
call "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Photoshop.exe"
in the middle of the above lines to start PS and delete the links automatically when PS was finished, but a DOS window will remain open in the backgroud while using PS.
ps
sure 64bit loads faster. But just because only 10% (estimated) of all plug-ins are avaible as 64bit version ;-)


