So, now we are back at unexpected high memory consumption that we have had in earlier version, but not in 5.0.2.
I opened a NEF-file for reprocessing it by adding two control points. There were 8 NEF-files in the actual directory.
The RAM memory (used by PhotoLab) increased to 10 GB after a couple of minutes.
This behavior has been corrected earlier but has now come back.
IMac 5K 2017, 4.2 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Big Sur 11.6.1.
I don’t see such increases with a few changes of an image, but I see that using a tool increases RAM consumption. Closing a tool can reduce RAM usage, but does not necessarily do it, at least I cannot see any obvious systematic behaviour…
Simple Example, raising RAM usage by a few 100 MBs
I made a test as the following:
- I started PhotoLab which consumed 4 GB of RAM after start.
- I created a virtual copy of one NEF-file out of 8 in the same directory.
- I added 3 control points in the virtual copy, there were 9 control points before that. PhotoLab now consumed 5.88 GB of RAM.
- I scrolled sideways through all thumbnails (9 of them, the virtual copy included) at the bottom from left to right. PhotoLab now consumed 10.68 GB of RAM.
- I scrolled in the same way but now from right to left. PhotoLab now consumed 12.36 GB of RAM.
I will create a support ticket.
Now I have created a support ticket.
I made another test as:
- I started PhotoLab which consumed 4 GB of RAM after start.
- I scrolled sideways through all 8 thumbnails at the bottom from left to right. I waited for the message “correction preview” in the upper right corner to disappear before I moved to next thumbnail. PhotoLab now consumed 10.8 GB of RAM.
This was done as before, in the Customize view.
I was wrong about PhotoLab 5.0.2.
It is the same problem for that version of PhotoLab, I made the same scrolling test for 5.0.2.
Retested, again no such increase.
PL5.1 on macOS Big Sur 11.6.1, 40GB RAM, 2TB SSD in a iMac 2019
Thank you platypus for your testing.
Maybe I am the only one with this problem.
If I change directory in PhotoLibrary view, the memory consumption decreases substantially.
That will be the cure for this strange behavior.