"Not enough RAM" error - MacBook Pro

I have a MacBook Pro running OS 10.6.8, with 8.0 GB RAM. I'm using Photoshop CS5 and the PerfectResize 7.5 plug-in to create some very large files (1.5-2.0 GB). I enlarged one file, and then checked my RAM availability; of the 8.0 GB RAM, about half was inactive and there was only a sliver of free RAM left. When I went to enlarge a second file, Photoshop was unable to do so because there was insufficient free RAM. When I closed Photoshop, my free RAM increased to 4.0 GB while the inactive RAM dropped to 1.4 GB.
As I understand it, on the Mac, "inactive" RAM is really free RAM, and (as I said) I have 8.0 GB RAM to begin with, so I don't know why I'm getting this error. I have Photoshop's performance preference set to let Photoshop use up to 70% of the RAM, but even at other settings, I couldn't complete the operation.
Does someone understand Photoshop, MacBooks, and RAM well enough to explain what is happening, or how I can fix this without having to close Photoshop? Thanks!

How much free space do you have available on your boot drive? Is that also where your primary scratch file resides?
With files in the 2 GB size range, you will need tons and tons of scratch disk space, conceivably up to more than 200 GB in extreme cases. Photoshop moves stuff back and forth between RAM and its scratch file.
My personal rule of thumb is to figure on 50 to 100 times or more the size of your largest open file multiplied by the number of files you have open at any one time. I have seen the scratch file exceed 300 GB on rare occasions.
Perhaps you should look at an external FW drive for scratch.
I'm not saying this is definitely your problem, but without more information it's hard to guess.
Perhaps I shouldn't have replied to your post at all, given your last paragraph, since I'm not brave enough to attempt to run Photoshop on a Mac Book any more, although I did so for some time when that was my only Intel Mac.

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