System Requirements

Before installing Geographic Imager, ensure that these minimum system requirements are met (recommended requirements are mentioned as necessary):

Windows

•Adobe Photoshop 2023 (24.x) / 2024 (25.x)

•2 GHz or faster Intel or AMD processor

•Windows 10 (64-bit) / Windows 11

•4 GB RAM (8 GB or higher recommended)

•1.1 GB of available hard-disk space for installation

•DVD-ROM drive (for DVD version)

•1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended)

Adobe Photoshop 2022 are deprecated in this release.

Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64-bit) is no longer supported.

Windows 7 64-bit is no longer supported.

Mac

•Adobe Photoshop 2023 (24.x) / 2024 (25.x)

•Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support / Apple Silicon 

•macOS 13.0 / 14.0

•4 GB of RAM (8 GB or higher recommended)

•2 GB of available hard-disk space for installation

•DVD-ROM drive (for DVD version)

•1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended)

Adobe Photoshop 2022 is deprecated in this release.

Adobe Photoshop CS6 is no longer supported.

Additional Notes

 Not all foreign language versions of Adobe Photoshop may be supported. Contact support@avenza.com for more information.

Memory Recommendations

Occasional Users

A minimum of 4 GB RAM is required. These are graphics or GIS users who use Geographic Imager with medium-sized data sets including some low-resolution or small coverage raster images.

Power Users

The recommended memory for a power user is 8 GB RAM or more. These are professional cartographers and GIS users who use Geographic Imager daily and work with large image files.

Memory Usage

Why is so much RAM needed to operate Geographic Imager? Adobe Photoshop requires a significant amount of RAM itself in order to run smoothly. In addition, image data sets are often large which increases the need for RAM even further. Image data sets contain raster data which must be stored in memory. Since Geographic Imager is adding georeferencing properties to Adobe Photoshop, this increases the file size, which increases the RAM requirements. In addition, Adobe Photoshop loads the entire file into memory rather than just reading it from disk, thus more RAM memory is required.

When importing a large number of files into Adobe Photoshop using Geographic Imager, notice that the amount of available memory will decrease rapidly and the computer may lose performance. This is due to memory management. Geographic Imager reserves a fairly large amount of memory for each action, which may not properly be returned when the procedure is done. The solution is simple: save your file, close it and open it again. It’s not even necessary to close Adobe Photoshop itself. By closing the file, the reserved memory is properly returned.

Memory Saving Tips

Many raster data files are large and when a series of such files is opened, you may find that the program starts to run more slowly. This is because scratch and memory allocations are being used up. The best solution is to periodically save your work, quit out of Adobe Photoshop, and then restart. This will free up the available scratch memory.

The minimum number of undos can be reduced (since they all reside in memory).

You can set a primary and secondary scratch disk in Adobe Photoshop Preferences (menu Edit > Preferences > Performance) in order to draw additional storage from a partitioned or multi-drive environment.