Why is Adobe Photoshop saying "there is not enough memory" when I try to save my file?

Question

"Could not complete your request because there is not enough memory (RAM)." ??? Whyyy? I DID save the file recently so I don't mind losing the little work that I did but HOW CAN I KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING? The file is pretty large but Photoshop is the only application that is currently opened. What can I do???

Answer 1

you can also work your file half the size your working it (50%) but save it with double resolution, that way when you want to open it again, you double it size (to the original one), but with a good resolution.. :)

Answer 2

adobe photoshop memory save file

Answer 3

Photoshop files are very memory hungry -You can collapse the file - It takes up a lot more memory when you have lots of layers open.

Do merge visible. Go through all your files and make some more space this way . Delete any you dont need and defrag your computer.

Answer 4

The first responder has, probably describe your situation, exactly. The more layers your image has, the larger the file size. In fact, each layer multiplies the original file size. If your background layer is 20 meg, a new layer will add another 20 megs. A third will and an addtional 20 megs, and so on.



This could explain why you were able to save it one time, but not the next.



The images mode may have, also been changed. A greyscale image is 16 times larger, in file size than a bitmapped one. RGB is a larger file and CMYK is even larger.

Answer 5

The file you are working on has a "bad null bit" at the end of the file ... open it in a (good) editor, like GIMP, and export back to the same, or new, name. GIMP will give you the "null bit"error message but forges on ... Adobe, like Microsoft, just enjoy being a pain in the a**. The file output of GIMP can now be opened in Ps ... .

Answer 6

Here's the problem with all the answers I've seen to this question. They assume the error is actually correct. I have 64Gig of RAM (I custom built my machine for incredably system intensive rendering) with only 12.9Gig being used, that leaves 51Gig of RAM to open a 324 MB file. So RAM is NOT the only cause for this problem. I've opened files 100 times the size of the one I'm trying to open but regardless I still get this error message. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks.

Answer 7

The same thing happened to me , then I tried to save the file for web and photoshop crashed.

Next time I opened photoshop it automatically recovered my files and saved them normally

Answer 8

In Photoshop preferences increase the amount of RAM that you allow it to use, if you have an external hard drive that is largely empty select that for your scratch disk. Regularly defragmenting your hard disk will also improve the general performance of your computer.

Changing the resolution is not a workable idea, since having reduced it increasing it will not improve the quality of the file merely make it larger with slightly blurry pixels.

Answer 9

Not Enough Memory Ram

Answer 10

All of the above and then consider installing more memory.



You may also want to download and install a program that stops things from running in the background



http://www.speedweek.net/files/info/nfs6/152

SpeedWeek - Hot Pursuit 2 - - EndItAll2

Answer 11

i am facing same problem. i have 4gb ram and intel dual core process with graphic card but still showing same error when i open a particular png file.

Answer 12

i worked in camera raw and got same error. I noticed that my extra hard disk drive and memory card were connected with computer, so when i unconnected these, everything worked correctly :)

Answer 13

simple...



3 things why this has happen



1) The memory on your PC is obviously full



2) Of course is too big...perhaps because of resolution (try lowing it down a bit and same with size)



3) Photoshop is broken...ahaha (I don't think it's this reason, but yea)



If it's reason one, then I suggest you try to get more memory or either un-install or delete some files on your computer



I usually have alot of softwares...etc

So having enough memory is a huge problem for me



that's why

I keep a USB Storage or watchu call it to help me store my files...



perhaps you should get one too



....since this is a big file you're planning on doing



iono how but if it's that big that you can't save it onto your computer then



I'm suggesting that you might need a better PC to with stand the huge file...



sorry...

dono if this helps, but hopefully so...atleast alittle



bless

Answer 14

cuando mi ordenador ha tenido un accidente no sabía si valía la pena cambiarle el hard disk o comprar otro nuevo, he tenido mucha suerte con amazon, he encontrado el producto perfecto, un transporte rápido y mi portátil funciona otra vez y mejor que antes porque el hard disk tiene una mejor velocidad de respuesta.