Retouch Brush Painting Extremely Slow in CS4

Have CS4 Updated to 11.01 on XP.
I am still having BIG speed and performance issues with Photoshop and painting with Large 200 pixel, soft edge, low opacity brushes 3-9% opacity.  I do retouching and I often have to wait 1 to 2 seconds for each application of the brush to finish.  If I draw a line with 7 or 8 short strokes...then my machine may STOP for 10-20 seconds while photoshop finishes up painting the line...brush tip by brush tip.  I can see the single brush applications and then happen every 1-2 seconds.  Cant do anything else with the brush till the stroke finishes.
Here is what ive tried:
Updated Photoshop to 11.01, P4 Machine 3 Gigs Processor, 4 Gigs Ram, 10,000 rpm C:Drive for Program, SATA scratch disk with 170gb free, 55% photoshop memory utilization, History states 20, cache at all kinds of settings to try to fix, Have an Nvidia GForce 7600 GS video card with 500 meg on board and recent drivers.  tried open Gl and Not GL, Cleaned Preferences file.
I have had this issue with CS4 from Day One.  My CS3 works beautifully.
Any ideas or helpful places to look?  Could it be the agp area?  Any way to test system?
Thanks
Suzzie

This is a good guide to read to boost performance for CS4:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404439.html

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       Oil Paint 13.0
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       Paint Daubs 13.0
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       Patchwork 13.0
       Paths to Illustrator 13.0
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       Photocopy 13.0
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       Picture Package Filter 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
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       Ripple 13.0
       Rough Pastels 13.0
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    Plug-ins that failed to load: NONE
    Flash:
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       Kuler
    Installed TWAIN devices: NONE

    Great news!
    I followed your suggestion, Noel, and uninstalled my drivers with the Catalyst Uninstall Utility (which I hadn't used before), rebooted, reinstalled Catalyst 13.2 Beta 7, rebooted, deleted the PS Prefs, started PS, and now the performance is radically improved!
    It baffles me why I would need to do a clean driver uninstall in a new system environment that has only ever had this video card, and is only a few months old, but that action seems to be what's improved the situation. Note that because I deleted the PS preferences, the good performance now occurs with the default Use Graphics Processor enabled, and Drawing Mode set to Advanced (with every feature in the Advanced dialog checked except 30bit display).
    Having no reference point, I can't tell for sure if performance is as good as it theoretically ought to be for my system specs, but using the standard 13px brush is only slightly laggy behind the cursor, even if I become reckless and squiggle on the canvas violently. It wasn't just sluggish response before: Photoshop seemed to be in pain trying to draw the line segments as it laboured to catch up to the cursor. That is pretty much gone now.
    Much more tellingly, zooming and panning the canvas is like it ought to be, responsive and clean, more or less like it was for me in CS4 with my old Nvidia 9600GT. The poor performance with zooming and panning was the most worrying aspect of the issue. It's a great relief to see these working more properly now.
    I have to confess I'm a little embarrassed to have drug you through all this hassle only to discover that something as rudimentary as properly cleaning out the drivers would be the apparent solution. I never would have imagined that doing that, with such a new and stable system, would make any difference, since I don't have a legacy of older drivers dotting my hard drive. In any event, I'm really grateful that you guys took the time to try to help me.
    In the interest of completeness, here's the relevant portion of my system info after doing the reinstall steps I mentioned above:
    Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00) x64
    Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit
    Version: 6.2
    System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:14, Stepping:5 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
    Physical processor count: 4
    Processor speed: 2665 MHz
    Built-in memory: 16379 MB
    Free memory: 13680 MB
    Memory available to Photoshop: 14695 MB
    Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %
    Image tile size: 1024K
    Image cache levels: 4
    OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
    OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
    OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
    OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
    OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
    OpenCL Version: 3.0
    OpenGL Version: 3.0
    Video Rect Texture Size: 16384
    OpenGL Memory: 2048 MB
    Video Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
    Video Card Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
    Display: 1
    Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=1080, right=1920
    Video Card Number: 2
    Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
    Driver Version:
    Driver Date:
    Video Card Driver: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.d ll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
    Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 x 4294967296 colors
    Video Card Caption: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
    Video Card Memory: 2048 MB
    Video Card Number: 1
    Video Card: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
    Driver Version: 12.100.17.0
    Driver Date: 20130226000000.000000-000
    Video Card Driver:
    Video Mode:
    Video Card Caption: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
    Video Card Memory: 0 MB
    As you can see, the Microsoft Basic Render Driver still appears as a Video Card in the list. This presumably has something to do with Windows 8, and I really don't know if its presence here is still a sign that my card is not being used to its optimal capability. I have a hunch that the slight lag that I am still experiencing with the brush when Use Graphics Processor is on -- totally absent with the acceleration turned off -- implies that Photoshop is still unable to take maximum advantage of my card. I would assume that the brush tool should be more responsive with acceleration on than off, in a rig without any issues, but that's just assumption on my part. If you turn off Use Graphics Processor on your systems, is the brush tool more or less responsive?
    But again, panning the canvas with the hand tool is now extremely responsive, without any screen tearing or visible lag, and that's a massive improvement over the total meltdown of performance I was suffering from before.
    Thanks again very much for your help. I'm grateful to all of you who took the time to chime in.

  • How come my ps CS6 runs extremely slow?

    After testing photoshop cs6, seeing how fast it worked on 3D on my pc I bought the web design and premium version. Time in between was several weeks. To my huge disappointement, the bought version runs extremely slow, mostly on 3D when I want to paint on target texture. Secondly I experiance a bug when I open my file and want to paint on targeted texture....brush shows inaccesible when wanting to paint. I do not mean greyed out, but the moment I hover over my 3d object it shows I cant paint (yes I have my layer selected;-). I have to fix this each time by changing targeted texture to some other and again switching back to the one I actually want to edit. As last thing, my OpenCL is greyed out.....maybe that causes the speed problems.....did not check with trial if it worked so not sure this is the issue=/....
    When it comes to the speed I tried several things and now even reinstalled my whole pc hoping that would solve the problem.....it did not. Both CS6 photoshop 32-and 64-bit run slow on 3D.
    I closed my trendmicro virusscanner to see if that would help....it speeded up only the start-up process but not the 3D. 3D works so slow that I have to wait 10 minutes after each move..just crazy....evenmore as it worked awesome with the trial version.
    Also changed amount of memory assigned to ps by increasing to 80% and even 100%...nothing.
    changed in graphic processors settings advanced into basic...nothing again.
    No idea what to do next besides buying a new computer....I know I do not have a super strong one but as it worked perfectly I just don't get it. My pc runs this system:
    Intel(R) Core (TM) 2CPU
    [email protected] 2.66 Ghz
    Ram 4GB
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
    GeForce8800GTX
    I have the feeling it is some conflict between an update of windows or graphic driver (I have the newest so my info tells me) and photoshop...any ideas what to do as this is extremely frustrating?
    THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP
    In case it helps this is the copied system info from photoshop:
    Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00) x64
    Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
    Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
    System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:15, Stepping:6 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3
    Physical processor count: 2
    Processor speed: 2660 MHz
    Built-in memory: 4030 MB
    Free memory: 2858 MB
    Memory available to Photoshop: 3432 MB
    Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %
    Image tile size: 128K
    Image cache levels: 4
    OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
    OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
    OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
    OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
    OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
    Video Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
    Video Card Renderer: GeForce 8800 GTX/PCIe/SSE2
    Display: 1
    Display Bounds:=  top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 1200, right: 1920
    Video Card Number: 1
    Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
    OpenCL Unavailable
    Driver Version: 8.17.12.9573
    Driver Date: 20120209000000.000000-000
    Video Card Driver: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
    Video Mode: 1920 x 1200 x 4294967296 colors
    Video Card Caption: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
    Video Card Memory: 768 MB
    Video Rect Texture Size: 8192
    Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
    Scratch volume(s):
      Startup, 488,3G, 448,7G free
    Required Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Required\
    Primary Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\
    Additional Plug-ins folder: not set
    Installed components:
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       ACE.dll   ACE 2012/01/18-15:07:40   66.492997   66.492997
       adbeape.dll   Adobe APE 2012/01/25-10:04:55   66.1025012   66.1025012
       AdobeLinguistic.dll   Adobe Linguisitc Library   6.0.0  
       AdobeOwl.dll   Adobe Owl 2012/02/09-16:00:02   4.0.93   66.496052
       AdobePDFL.dll   PDFL 2011/12/12-16:12:37   66.419471   66.419471
       AdobePIP.dll   Adobe Product Improvement Program   6.0.0.1654  
       AdobeXMP.dll   Adobe XMP Core 2012/02/06-14:56:27   66.145661   66.145661
       AdobeXMPFiles.dll   Adobe XMP Files 2012/02/06-14:56:27   66.145661   66.145661
       AdobeXMPScript.dll   Adobe XMP Script 2012/02/06-14:56:27   66.145661   66.145661
       adobe_caps.dll   Adobe CAPS   6,0,29,0  
       AGM.dll   AGM 2012/01/18-15:07:40   66.492997   66.492997
       ahclient.dll    AdobeHelp Dynamic Link Library   1,7,0,56  
       aif_core.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
       aif_ocl.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
       aif_ogl.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
       amtlib.dll   AMTLib (64 Bit)   6.0.0.75 (BuildVersion: 6.0; BuildDate: Mon Jan 16 2012 18:00:00)   1.000000
       ARE.dll   ARE 2012/01/18-15:07:40   66.492997   66.492997
       AXE8SharedExpat.dll   AXE8SharedExpat 2011/12/16-15:10:49   66.26830   66.26830
       AXEDOMCore.dll   AXEDOMCore 2011/12/16-15:10:49   66.26830   66.26830
       Bib.dll   BIB 2012/01/18-15:07:40   66.492997   66.492997
       BIBUtils.dll   BIBUtils 2012/01/18-15:07:40   66.492997   66.492997
       boost_date_time.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       boost_signals.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       boost_system.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       boost_threads.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       cg.dll   NVIDIA Cg Runtime   3.0.00007  
       cgGL.dll   NVIDIA Cg Runtime   3.0.00007  
       CIT.dll   Adobe CIT   2.0.5.19287   2.0.5.19287
       CoolType.dll   CoolType 2012/01/18-15:07:40   66.492997   66.492997
       data_flow.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
       dvaaudiodevice.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       dvacore.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       dvamarshal.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       dvamediatypes.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       dvaplayer.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       dvatransport.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       dvaunittesting.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       dynamiclink.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       ExtendScript.dll   ExtendScript 2011/12/14-15:08:46   66.490082   66.490082
       FileInfo.dll   Adobe XMP FileInfo 2012/01/17-15:11:19   66.145433   66.145433
       filter_graph.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
       hydra_filters.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
       icucnv40.dll   International Components for Unicode 2011/11/15-16:30:22    Build gtlib_3.0.16615  
       icudt40.dll   International Components for Unicode 2011/11/15-16:30:22    Build gtlib_3.0.16615  
       image_compiler.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
       image_flow.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
       image_runtime.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
       JP2KLib.dll   JP2KLib 2011/12/12-16:12:37   66.236923   66.236923
       libifcoremd.dll   Intel(r) Visual Fortran Compiler   10.0 (Update A)  
       libmmd.dll   Intel(r) C Compiler, Intel(r) C++ Compiler, Intel(r) Fortran Compiler   10.0  
       LogSession.dll   LogSession   2.1.2.1640  
       mediacoreif.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0  
       MPS.dll   MPS 2012/02/03-10:33:13   66.495174   66.495174
       msvcm80.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005   8.00.50727.6195  
       msvcm90.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008   9.00.30729.1  
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       msvcp80.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005   8.00.50727.6195  
       msvcp90.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008   9.00.30729.1  
       msvcr100.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010   10.00.40219.1  
       msvcr80.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005   8.00.50727.6195  
       msvcr90.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008   9.00.30729.1  
       pdfsettings.dll   Adobe PDFSettings   1.04  
       Photoshop.dll   Adobe Photoshop CS6   CS6  
       Plugin.dll   Adobe Photoshop CS6   CS6  
       PlugPlug.dll   Adobe(R) CSXS PlugPlug Standard Dll (64 bit)   3.0.0.383  
       PSArt.dll   Adobe Photoshop CS6   CS6  
       PSViews.dll   Adobe Photoshop CS6   CS6  
       SCCore.dll   ScCore 2011/12/14-15:08:46   66.490082   66.490082
       ScriptUIFlex.dll   ScriptUIFlex 2011/12/14-15:08:46   66.490082   66.490082
       tbb.dll   Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks for Windows   3, 0, 2010, 0406  
       tbbmalloc.dll   Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks for Windows   3, 0, 2010, 0406  
       TfFontMgr.dll   FontMgr   9.3.0.113  
       TfKernel.dll   Kernel   9.3.0.113  
       TFKGEOM.dll   Kernel Geom   9.3.0.113  
       TFUGEOM.dll   Adobe, UGeom©   9.3.0.113  
       updaternotifications.dll   Adobe Updater Notifications Library   6.0.0.24 (BuildVersion: 1.0; BuildDate: BUILDDATETIME)   6.0.0.24
       WRServices.dll   WRServices Friday January 27 2012 13:22:12   Build 0.17112   0.17112
       wu3d.dll   U3D Writer   9.3.0.113  
    Required plug-ins:
       3D Studio 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Accented Edges 13.0
       Adaptive Wide Angle 13.0
       ADM 3.11x01
       Angled Strokes 13.0
       Average 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Bas Relief 13.0
       BMP 13.0
       Camera Raw 7.0
       Chalk & Charcoal 13.0
       Charcoal 13.0
       Chrome 13.0
       Cineon 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Clouds 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Collada 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Color Halftone 13.0
       Colored Pencil 13.0
       CompuServe GIF 13.0
       Conté Crayon 13.0
       Craquelure 13.0
       Crop and Straighten Photos 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Crop and Straighten Photos Filter 13.0
       Crosshatch 13.0
       Crystallize 13.0
       Cutout 13.0
       Dark Strokes 13.0
       De-Interlace 13.0
       Dicom 13.0
       Difference Clouds 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Diffuse Glow 13.0
       Displace 13.0
       Dry Brush 13.0
       Eazel Acquire 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Embed Watermark 4.0
       Entropy 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
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       FastCore Routines 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
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       Film Grain 13.0
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       Flash 3D 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
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       Median 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
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       NTSC Colors 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
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       Oil Paint 13.0
       OpenEXR 13.0
       Paint Daubs 13.0
       Palette Knife 13.0
       Patchwork 13.0
       Paths to Illustrator 13.0
       PCX 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Photocopy 13.0
       Photoshop 3D Engine 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Picture Package Filter 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Pinch 13.0
       Pixar 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Plaster 13.0
       Plastic Wrap 13.0
       PNG 13.0
       Pointillize 13.0
       Polar Coordinates 13.0
       Portable Bit Map 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Poster Edges 13.0
       Radial Blur 13.0
       Radiance 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Range 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Read Watermark 4.0
       Reticulation 13.0
       Ripple 13.0
       Rough Pastels 13.0
       Save for Web 13.0
       ScriptingSupport 13.0
       Shear 13.0
       Skewness 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
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       Smudge Stick 13.0
       Solarize 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
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       Spherize 13.0
       Sponge 13.0
       Sprayed Strokes 13.0
       Stained Glass 13.0
       Stamp 13.0
       Standard Deviation 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Sumi-e 13.0
       Summation 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       Targa 13.0
       Texturizer 13.0
       Tiles 13.0
       Torn Edges 13.0
       Twirl 13.0
       U3D 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
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       Vanishing Point 13.0
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       Variations 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
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       Watercolor 13.0
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       Wavefront|OBJ 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
       WIA Support 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
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       Fresco 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
       Glass 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
       Glowing Edges 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
       Google Earth 4 KMZ 13.0.6 x001  ©2006-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “U3D.plugin”
       Grain 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
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    Measurement Core 13.0.6 x001 ©1993-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “MeasurementCore.plugin”
       Median 13.0.6 x001  ©2006-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “statistics.plugin”
    Mezzotint 13.0, Copyright © 2003-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Standard Multiplugin.plugin”
       Minimum 13.0.6 x001  ©2006-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “statistics.plugin”
       MMXCore Routines 13.0.6 x001  ©1990-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “MMXCore.plugin”
       Mosaic Tiles 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
    Multiprocessor Support 13.0.6 x001 ©1990-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “MultiProcessor Support.plugin”
       Neon Glow 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
       Note Paper 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
       NTSC Colors 13.0.6 x001  ©1993-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “NTSC Colors.plugin”
       Ocean Ripple 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
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       PCX 13.0.6 x001  ©1989-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “PCX.plugin”
    Photocopy 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
    Photoshop 3D Engine 13.0.6 x001 ©2006-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Photoshop3DEngine.plugin”
       Picture Package Filter 13.0.6 x001 ©1993-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “ChannelPort.plugin”
       Pinch 13.0, Copyright © 2003-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Standard Multiplugin.plugin”
       Pixar 13.0.6 x001  ©1989-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Pixar.plugin”
       Plaster 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
       Plastic Wrap 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
       PNG 13.0, Copyright © 2003-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Standard Multiplugin.plugin”
    Pointillize 13.0, Copyright © 2003-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Standard Multiplugin.plugin”
       Polar Coordinates 13.0, Copyright © 2003-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Standard Multiplugin.plugin”
       Portable Bit Map 13.0.6 x001  ©1989-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “PBM.plugin”
       Poster Edges 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
       Radial Blur 13.0, Copyright © 2003-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Standard Multiplugin.plugin”
       Radiance 13.0.6 x001  ©2003-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Radiance.plugin”
       Range 13.0.6 x001  ©2006-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “statistics.plugin”
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       Skewness 13.0.6 x001  ©2006-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “statistics.plugin”
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       Smudge Stick 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
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       Torn Edges 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
       Twirl 13.0, Copyright © 2003-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Standard Multiplugin.plugin”
    Underpainting 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
    Vanishing Point 13.0, Copyright © 2003-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “VanishingPoint.plugin”
       Variance 13.0.6 x001  ©2006-2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “statistics.plugin”
       Water Paper 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
    Watercolor 13.0, Copyright © 1991-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Filter Gallery.plugin”
       Wave 13.0, Copyright © 2003-2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated - from the file “Standard Multiplugin.plugin”
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    Apple LiGothic Medium.ttf
    Apple LiSung Light.ttf
    AppleCasual.dfont
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    Arial Bold Italic.ttf
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    Arial Italic.ttf
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    Arial Narrow Bold.ttf
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    Arial.ttf
    ArialHB.ttf
    ArialHBBold.ttf
    Ayuthaya.ttf
    Baghdad.ttf
    Bangla MN.ttc
    Bangla Sangam MN.ttf
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    BlairMdITC TT-Medium
    Bordeaux Roman Bold LET Fonts
    Brush Script.ttf
    Chalkboard.ttc
    Chalkduster.ttf
    CharcoalCY.dfont
    Cochin.ttc
    Comic Sans MS Bold.ttf
    Comic Sans MS.ttf
    Copperplate.ttc
    Corsiva.ttf
    CorsivaBold.ttf
    Courier New Bold Italic.ttf
    Courier New Bold.ttf
    Courier New Italic.ttf
    Courier New.ttf
    Cracked
    Damascus.ttc
    DecoTypeNaskh.ttf
    Devanagari Sangam MN.ttc
    DevanagariMT.ttf
    DevanagariMTBold.ttf
    Didot.ttc
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    EuphemiaCAS.ttc
    fonts.dir
    fonts.list
    fonts.scale
    Futura.ttc
    GenevaCY.dfont
    Georgia Bold Italic.ttf
    Georgia Bold.ttf
    Georgia Italic.ttf
    Georgia.ttf
    GillSans.ttc
    Gujarati Sangam MN.ttf
    GujaratiMT.ttf
    GujaratiMTBold.ttf
    Gungseouche.ttf
    Gurmukhi MN.ttc
    Gurmukhi.ttf
    Handwriting - Dakota
    HeadlineA.ttf
    Hei.ttf
    HelveticaCY.dfont
    Herculanum.ttf
    Hiragino Sans GB W3.otf
    Hiragino Sans GB W6.otf
    Hoefler Text Ornaments.ttf
    Hoefler Text.ttc
    Impact.ttf
    InaiMathi.ttf
    Kai.ttf
    Kailasa.ttf
    Kannada MN.ttc
    Kannada Sangam MN.ttf
    Kefa.ttc
    Khmer MN.ttc
    Khmer Sangam MN.ttf
    Kokonor.ttf
    Krungthep.ttf
    KufiStandardGK.ttf
    Lao MN.ttc
    Lao Sangam MN.ttf
    Malayalam MN.ttc
    Malayalam Sangam MN.ttf
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Sans Serif.ttf
    MshtakanBold.ttf
    MshtakanBoldOblique.ttf
    MshtakanOblique.ttf
    MshtakanRegular.ttf
    Myanmar MN.ttc
    Myanmar Sangam MN.ttf
    Nadeem.ttf
    NanumGothic.ttc
    NanumMyeongjo.ttc
    NanumScript.ttc
    NewPeninimMT.ttf
    NewPeninimMTBold.ttf
    NewPeninimMTBoldInclined.ttf
    NewPeninimMTInclined.ttf
    NISC18030.ttf
    Noteworthy.ttc
    Optima.ttc
    Oriya MN.ttc
    Oriya Sangam MN.ttf
    Osaka.ttf
    OsakaMono.ttf
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    Palatino.ttc
    Papyrus.ttc
    PCmyoungjo.ttf
    Pilgiche.ttf
    PlantagenetCherokee.ttf
    PortagoITC TT
    PTSans.ttc
    Raanana.ttf
    RaananaBold.ttf
    Sathu.ttf
    Silom.ttf
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    Skia.ttf
    STIXGeneral.otf
    STIXGeneralBol.otf
    STIXGeneralBolIta.otf
    STIXGeneralItalic.otf
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    STIXIntDReg.otf
    STIXIntSmBol.otf
    STIXIntSmReg.otf
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    STIXIntUpDBol.otf
    STIXIntUpDReg.otf
    STIXIntUpReg.otf
    STIXIntUpSmBol.otf
    STIXIntUpSmReg.otf
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    STIXNonUniBol.otf
    STIXNonUniBolIta.otf
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    Tamil Sangam MN.ttf
    Telugu MN.ttc
    Telugu Sangam MN.ttf
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    Times New Roman.ttf
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    Verdana Bold.ttf
    Verdana Italic.ttf
    Verdana.ttf
    Webdings.ttf
    Wingdings 2.ttf
    Wingdings 3.ttf
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    ヒラギノ丸ゴ ProN W4.otf
    ヒラギノ明朝 Pro W3.otf
    ヒラギノ明朝 Pro W6.otf
    ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3.otf
    ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W6.otf
    ヒラギノ角ゴ Std W8.otf
    ヒラギノ角ゴ StdN W8.otf
    儷宋 Pro.ttf
    儷黑 Pro.ttf
    华文仿宋.ttf
    华文宋体.ttf
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    Hardware Information:
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              MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
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              4 GB RAM
    Video Information:
              Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
              NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 512 MB
    System Software:
              OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:32:16
    Disk Information:
              Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
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                        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (56.74 GB free)
                        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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              Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
              Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
              Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
              Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
              Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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              Mac App Store and identified developers
    Kernel Extensions:
              [not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTELTEUSBCDCACMData (5.0.1) Support
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              [not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.3.12) Support
              [not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.12) Support
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              [not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.1.1) Support
              [not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.1.1) Support
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              M-AudioFastTrackPro  Support
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                   0%          aosnotifyd
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              NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 512 MB
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              [loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.auth.plist Support
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              [loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support
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