Scratch Disks are Full ? The Final Solution in Photoshop!
Scratch Disks are Full ? The Final Solution in Photoshop!
Are you often getting the message “Scratch Disks Are Full” in Photoshop? Learn 3 things you can do to solve this error message and understand the reason why it happens. This is a major problem as it will prevent you from working further in Photoshop and can lead to a crash.
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0.13 -> So let's say you're working on a huge image
and as soon as you apply this particular filter,
4.4 -> this error shows up and it continues to show
up every time you try to do something from
8.6 -> now on in Photoshop.
10.15 -> Why does that happen?
11.15 -> In simple words, it just means that there
isn't enough space for Photoshop to work.
15.76 -> That's it.
16.76 -> In this video, we're going to learn three
things we can do to completely wipe it off.
20.029 -> So without any further ado, let's get started.
28.179 -> Welcome to the magical world of Photoshop.
29.559 -> And let's say this is the image that we are
working on.
31.699 -> And we suddenly get that error.
34.38 -> What should we do?
35.38 -> Let's start with the obvious.
36.64 -> Number one - Clean your drive.
38.9 -> That's it.
39.9 -> As simple as that.
40.9 -> Now the question is which drive to clean.
42.99 -> Find out the drive that has been assigned
as a Scratch Disk for Photoshop.
46.75 -> By default, it will be the drive with your
operating system.
50.53 -> But if you still want to find out, here's
how to do it.
52.57 -> On a Windows, go to Edit and then Preferences.
55.29 -> On a Mac, that would be Photoshop and then
Preferences.
58.12 -> Now inside of Preferences down here, you need
to choose Scratch Disks.
63.29 -> So for me, by default it has set C Drive as
Scratch Disk, which also has my operating
68.999 -> system.
69.999 -> So figure out which drive has been assigned
as a Scratch Disk and just remove unnecessary
74.13 -> files or remove the files that you do not
use and keep them in an external storage device.
79.42 -> The ones that I use are these, just give me
a second.
83.859 -> These are 4 Terabyte external hard drives.
87.02 -> So you can use one of these or if you want
super speed drives, you can also use an external
91.299 -> SSD.
92.299 -> Your choice how much you want to spend.
93.6 -> That's totally upon you.
94.6 -> Just use any external storage device.
96.979 -> Keep the drive clean.
97.979 -> If you're on a Windows, you can also run this
called Disk Cleanup.
102.799 -> You can just run this and just remove temporary
files.
105.869 -> So we're going to choose the drive and hit
OK and it's going to show a list of files
110.89 -> which are probably not required, maybe thumbnail
information, so on and so forth.
115.189 -> We're going to check most of them.
117.709 -> Recycle Bin, and all of that, and as you can
see, 1.73 GB is what we can remove and clean
123.909 -> up.
124.909 -> If you're doing it for the first time, it
will be much more than this for you.
128.27 -> Also, if you're a video editor, you might
as well consider cleaning up the Cache files.
132.39 -> So especially in Premier, there's something
called Media Cache.
135.17 -> Sometimes it takes up to 20 Gigabits.
137.2 -> So, remove all of that and the first thing
is done.
140.34 -> Now the second thing you can do is Purge.
142.42 -> Let me show you what that is.
144.13 -> So let's say, let's add a Curves Adjustment
layer, let's apply something to this by going
147.42 -> to Select and then we're going to go to Color
Range and let's select the Greens and you
153 -> can check Color Range tutorials here on the
channel.
155.72 -> Doesn't really matter.
157.19 -> Hit OK.
158.19 -> I made a selection and then I create a Curves
Adjustment layer and maybe I want to add some
163.34 -> shine to it.
164.79 -> So with the help of the hand, I brighten this
particular area, just adding a little shine
170.51 -> and darken this area.
173.63 -> This is interesting.
174.63 -> Here's the before, here's the after.
176.76 -> And then let's add some text.
178.71 -> So I type in HELLOWORLD.
182.56 -> It is not important what I'm doing right now.
185.25 -> We're going to choose the font.
186.54 -> One of my favorite fonts here is Gilroy ExtraBold.
191.48 -> And for this one, we're going to choose Gilroy
Light.
195.35 -> So, let's make it a little bigger, something
like this, and place it in the center.
202.36 -> Right.
203.36 -> So this is interesting.
204.36 -> This is what we did, we have done a lot of
steps on this one.
208.07 -> Now if you open up the History, you'll see
a lot of steps in there.
210.9 -> So if you go to Window, and then make sure
History is checked.
215.38 -> So let's go down to History.
216.88 -> There you go or you can click this button.
219 -> So these are the steps that we did.
221.13 -> These history states can take considerable
space, especially when you're working with
224.53 -> large images with hundreds of layers.
226.45 -> Let's say, you're creating a Composite.
228.24 -> Sometimes they can take up the gigabits, a
lot, double digit gigabit space.
232.7 -> So, we can clean this up very easily by going
to Edit and then Purge.
237.81 -> Now, inside of that, we have a couple of options.
240.66 -> So let's figure out what these options are.
242.66 -> The first one is Undo.
244.63 -> If you click on that, it will just clear the
Undo which means the last step.
249.09 -> So let's click on Undo.
251.54 -> Hit OK.
252.54 -> These cannot be undone.
253.54 -> Just keep that in mind.
254.54 -> Hit OK.
255.54 -> Now, you see nothing here happening, but if
you press Ctrl + Alt + Z in the latest version
262.24 -> of Photoshop or in Photoshop 2018 and before,
if you press Ctrl + Z, nothing will happen.
269.33 -> You cannot Undo, even if you go to Edit.
272.01 -> Have a look, Undo is now greyed out.
274.91 -> Now the second one, what is the second one?
276.541 -> Let's go to Purge.
277.541 -> The second one is Clipboard.
279.32 -> Now Clipboard is a little different.
281.24 -> Let's say you had copied this image.
283.82 -> So we're going to go to the background.
285.01 -> We're going to press Ctrl or Command + A.
We have copied this by pressing Ctrl or Command
290.41 -> + C. So where does it copy? it copies in the
background in something called a Clipboard.
296.35 -> So it is copied to the clipboard.
297.51 -> Now, the next time you open any other image
or document, so let's say we go to File - New
301.82 -> and we create a new document like, let's go
for A4, we're going to create that and we
306.69 -> paste it, we are pasting it from the Clipboard.
309.95 -> So, when we press Ctrl or Command + C, it
saves it to the Clipboard and from there,
315.36 -> we paste it right there.
316.63 -> Now, if we clear the Clipboard, if we keep
pressing Ctrl or Command + V, see it's creating
321.87 -> new layers.
323.25 -> It just keeps on adding them.
325.1 -> Let me delete that.
326.54 -> Now if I clear the Clipboard by going to Edit
- Purge and then Clipboard, hit OK, that is
334.3 -> now deleted.
335.3 -> Even if I press Ctrl or Command + V, nothing
is going to paste right there.
339.68 -> Clipboard can also take a considerable amount
of space, especially let's say, you have taken
344.52 -> a picture, let's say, a panorama or something
of that sort or a picture with a 50 megapixel
349.46 -> camera or a 150 megapixel Phase One camera
- Medium Format, and you have pressed Ctrl
355.77 -> or Command + C on the absolutely high bit
depth image, it takes a ton of space in your
361.82 -> Clipboard.
362.82 -> So you can clear that up by choosing Clipboard,
or what I do is Purge, I choose all.
369.98 -> History is self explanatory.
371.27 -> If you choose History, hit OK, all of the
History is now deleted.
375.55 -> If you go to Edit - Purge - All, all of these
three will be deleted.
380.49 -> Now, of course we have done them one by one,
so All is greyed out.
384.67 -> So let me do some steps, let me create a couple
new layers and let me just copy this, copy
389.721 -> the selection.
390.721 -> Now we have a Clipboard.
392.7 -> If we go to Edit - Purge, now we have an Undo,
we have a Clipboard, we have a History.
397.04 -> If you choose all, hit OK.
399.43 -> Everything is deleted.
400.71 -> It clears some of the space.
402.44 -> So, the second thing you can do is Purge.
404.18 -> The third and the final thing that we can
do is simply adding additional drives.
409.12 -> Take an additional external hard drive.
411.19 -> I would highly recommend SSD for super fast
performance.
415.34 -> So if you have an SSD, external SSD connected
to your system, and then you can add it simply
420.8 -> by going to Edit - Preferences, if you're
using a Mac, that would be Photoshop and then
425.949 -> Preferences.
427.199 -> Inside of Preferences, we will go to Scratch
Disk.
429.21 -> I already have a one connected and one extra
drive in my computer.
433.419 -> I can just simply check it, check it.
435.66 -> So it's going to use all of these three drives
as Scratch Disk.
438.58 -> It's amazing, it has a ton of space to work
on, and hit OK.
442.98 -> Now you have simply more space to sum it up.
446.281 -> There's basically just two things we can do
to solve this issue.
449.52 -> Number one, clear more space.
452.03 -> And number two, create more space.
454.21 -> That's it.
455.21 -> And just to remind you for faster performance,
if you don't have enough space on your system,
458.669 -> you can connect an SSD, external SSD and use
that as a Scratch Disk.
464.09 -> So that's pretty much it for this video.
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