Travis Beckham is kind enough to share these nice patterns for website background: http://squidfingers.com/patterns/. Currently there are more than a hundred patterns free for use, of course a credit is always a plus and appreciation to the creator or owner.

Apart from these nice patterns, Travis Beckham has a nice website and there are some works worth spending some time browsing through. Great portfolio as reference and inspiration.

Having 1GB of RAM doesn’t mean the Adobe Photoshop will use it fully. Check the Memory usage by clicking the Edit > Preference > Memory & Image Cache.

Under “Memory Usage”, the “Available RAM” is the amount of RAM installed in your computer. Adjust the percentage so it will increase the memory for your Photoshop usage. Anyway, do not use up 100% of your RAM for Photoshop. Reserve some memory for other programs as well.

If you think the Photoshop still doesn’t run as smooth, install an extra RAM to your computer or purchase a better graphic card.