Sometimes when I open a file when in app frame the file opens as a blank white window. If I select another open document tab I find that window all of a sudden blank white too. Then if I click another tab that window will all of a sudden show correctly then going back to the previous 2 they now show. Does anyone else see this? It doesn’t happen all the time, just occasionally.
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Ok I agree with you CS4 is a LOT more flaky with these kind of glitches than CS3 was. Feels almost to me like some fundamental incompatability with the OS, as you say the problems are inconsistant, happening almost randomly. Are you saying its actually TURNING open GL off by itself? If this is the case it suggests some graphics card issues.
No, I mentioned having turned off OGL because it can sometimes be a culprit in video related glitches and would be the first question I’d ask. If it was turned off by the app that would be something!
Files size doesn’t seem to be an issue as they are all different sizes, none of which are very large. Maybe 20-75 megs or much less. All of them are located on an internal drive. Scratch disc is separated etc.
There’s no way file size is going to have anything to do with your issue, or even trashing preferences. Thats ancient school. I’ve noticed these glitches too on Apple fitted Graphics cards. My theory is its most probably some kind of coding issue related to graphics cards and other software running at the same time (maybe even including the Leopard Finder). Remember, this is the first time Adobe have put anything together performance-wise for Video Cards, so give them a chance.
Trashing preferences is generally speaking, old school.
Which nevertheless solves a myriad of problems for many users. Preference files do get corrupted, especially on poorly maintained machines. It certainly can’t hurt.
Hmmm Oil changes are mandatory routine maintenance.
While I do regard Repairing Permissions and running DiskWarrior as essential, indispensable routine maintenance, I view Trashing Preferences as something to do only when there is an actual likelihood that the preferences file has become corrupted. I haven’t had a need to trash my preferences in a very long time; but that’s something I routinely advice doing anytime things begin to act weird suddenly.
BMW says my MINI only needs its oil changed every 20K miles. That would be comparable to throwing my prefs away maybe once every year or year and a half!
"I haven’t had a need to trash my preferences in a very long time" – neither have I. In fact I was running CS3 for more than a year, and can’t remember doing this once.
Your oil changes should be Permissions, System Cache cleanup, and maintenance scripts.
On the subject of the App frame, it occurs to me that CS2 had a wonderful interface, and why on earth no-one at Adobe ever realised this I’ll never know. To go back to what I’ve said again and again, please if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
I deleted prefs, ran Disc Warrior, stood on my left foot etc. an it still happens. But I did discover one thing after paying closer attention. It seems to only happen when opening an NEF or DNG file from ACR opened from within Bridge. I don’t know what this means, but it seems to be the periodic case.
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