Program size: 819 MB! massive slowdown.

Arthur1

• May 26, 2005 17:21

I downloaded and installed V.3.7 Pro over my existing V3.6 Pro.
Then I noticed a vast slowdown in processing speed. Went
from 28 seconds to 75 seconds per image. I'm in Win XP
with a Pentium 4, 3.0 ghz and have 2 gigs of RAM.
When I went to Add/Remove programs to do a fresh install,
I noticed that the size of V3.7 was a whopping 515 mb. Then
I did a repair, and the size increased to 819 mb. At this
point I decided to uninstall completely. Of course,
the V3.6 I now use is actually (I think) 3.7, the info shows
3.7, etc. It seems to work. And the speed is back down to
28 seconds. I had read in a below thread that the color noise
suppression settings could affect speed. But not by that much!
So, I'm not really sure which version I\"m running, or whether
to reinstall the program, which, btw, in its folder, looks
to be a normal 46 mb folder.

any enlightenment would be appreciated.

thanks

Art

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  Ulf Liljegren

  • May 30, 2005 11:14

  If you look in size in add/remove programs this is based of the folder size in c:\\program files\\phase one\\Capture One Pro
  Here you have a sub folder called \"Previews\" where all your previews are located, the previews can be managed in Capture One under File->preferences-> Preview cache
  While you are in your preferences check Save options as well where you can gain prefomance if you adjust this to your workflow.

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  Arthur1

  • May 30, 2005 16:13

  Okay, I understand that the add/remove programs is reading
  the contents of my preview cache as well as everything else,
  leading to considerable bloat. But how can I improve performance,
  other than cleaning out my cache? i have it set to clean up
  every four days. hmmm. I wonder if every open/close of the
  program adds the same previews to the cache? So if I
  open/close three or four times, I could end up with a considerable
  cache. Okay, I'll experiment. I did reinstall the program
  and gained a lot of speed. But I\"ve noticed it slowing down again.
  Maybe this is what it's about.
  
  Thanks
  Art

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  Ulf Liljegren

  • May 31, 2005 07:34

  Program does not make duplicate preview files when opening and closing.
  My best guess is that you have a Antivirus software that does On-Access monitoring which means that everytime Capture One reads and writes in files the On-Access scanner goes in between and causing double or triple access times.

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