StroyBook Creator 4.0 Performance Optimization Tips

Creative Memories just released these tips to help you optimize the performance of StoryBook Creator 4.0. Some people are having issues with the program running slower than expected. If you are experiencing these issues try some of these suggestions. If you are not experiencing these issues then you don't need to do anything. As always please let me know if I can help you.

If you are experiencing slowness with StoryBook Creator 4.0, or are seeing errors about memory issues, here are some tips to help improve performance:

·         Restart your computer daily. This deletes temporary files that may be taking up unnecessary space and memory on your computer.

·         Close other unnecessary applications and services when running StoryBook Creator 4.0.

·         If editing a project created in StoryBook Creator 3.0, use File > Save As to save the project in 4.0 format.   Pages will load considerably faster when saved in 4.0 format.

·         Check for system and software updates, and make sure everything on your computer (including but not limited to StoryBook Creator 4.0) is currently up to date.

·         Schedule your anti-virus scans and system/software updates to run at times you are not commonly using StoryBook Creator.

·         For computers running 32-bit versions of Windows with 2 GB of RAM or less, we recommend turning on the aggressive memory management feature. The checkbox for aggressive memory management can be found under Help > Options > Page Editing. Enabling this feature may also help users with more RAM.  Some memory issues you experience may display a message suggesting you turn on this feature.  Aggressive memory management allows StoryBook Creator 4.0 to do some of the memory management  itself, eliminating issues that may result from fragmented memory. Turning on aggressive memory  management may or may not make the software noticeably slower, depending on what you are doing.  The impact on performance would normally occur when the software needs to compact memory to allocate more, so it won’t happen for everything you do.

·         After you have completed the primary design of a page – especially finalizing the size of your elements and photos – opt to reduce memory usage on elements on the page. To do this, right-click on an element on the page and choose Properties > Memory usage. Then choose Reduce memory usage for all elements on this page. Please note that if you enlarge an element by more than 120% after enabling this feature, the resolution of the element may be compromised. That’s why this feature should only be used after you have determined the final size of the element. However, on a page with many elements, using this feature can make a huge difference in the memory requirements.