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Improving performance with filters



Some filter effects can be memory intensive, especially when applied to a high-resolution image. You can use these techniques to improve performance:

  • Try out filters and settings on a small portion of an image.
  • Free up memory before running the filter by using the Purge command. (See Correcting mistakes.)
  • Allocate more RAM to Photoshop Elements. If necessary, exit from other applications to make more memory available to Photoshop Elements.
  • Try changing settings to improve the speed of memory-intensive filters, such as Lighting Effects, Cutout, Stained Glass, Chrome, Ripple, Spatter, Sprayed Strokes, and Glass filters. (For example, with the Stained Glass filter, increase cell size. With the Cutout filter, increase Edge Simplicity, or decrease Edge Fidelity, or both.)


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