Pitstop causing Acrobat to take ~5 minutes to start up

[khasmir]

Personally I think Acrobat Pro has always been horribly slow to startup on a Mac compared to PC, adding PitStop only makes it worse. But I also think it has improved a lot with the latest versions. I'm running Acrobat 8 with PitStop 8 and starts up much faster.

Also note that the number of fonts you have loaded will have a significant impact and always restart your Mac or PC after starting an application once if you want to compare times. With all the caching going on it will startup faster the second time without a reboot.

 

[leetaylor]

go to the bathroom and get a coffee

Why are you going to the Bathroom to get a coffee?

 

[mattbeals]

Time for PitStop Extreme to match the price of Acrobat & PitStop.

 

[the_brain]

Personally I think Acrobat Pro has always been horribly slow to startup on a Mac compared to PC, adding PitStop only makes it worse. But I also think it has improved a lot with the latest versions. I'm running Acrobat 8 with PitStop 8 and starts up much faster.

Also note that the number of fonts you have loaded will have a significant impact and always restart your Mac or PC after starting an application once if you want to compare times. With all the caching going on it will startup faster the second time without a reboot.

Correct, PitStop Professional takes some time to cache fonts and load the different features. They have done several fixes for the 08 release on this matter.

Cheers,
Brain

 

[the_brain]

Time for PitStop Extreme to match the price of Acrobat & PitStop.

FYI,

There is a nice upgrade path from PitStop Professinoal to PitStop Extreme.

Cheers,
Brain

 

[republic]

$2,519? That's extremely steep. And it's an upgrade. $3,149 for the full version. That's at least two licenses for CS4.

They are not aiming this at a smallish printshop like ours, obviously.

 

[the_brain]

$2,519? That's extremely steep. And it's an upgrade. $3,149 for the full version. That's at least two licenses for CS4.

They are not aiming this at a smallish printshop like ours, obviously.

Hey Republic,

You have to put things a little bit in perspective. I agree on the fact that the upgrade price is on the high end, but in several cases it is proven to be the best solution.
It's a stand-alone product that strips down the PDF file and allow you to perform real in-depth edits. If it's a shading you want to change or you want to add a separation or technical color. Zoom in and highlight ink coverage issues, flatten transparency, etc. Next to that PitStop Extreme is using the same PitStop Library as the other Enfocus Products so quality is guaranteed.

I would suggest you download their 30 day trial version and decide for yourself.

Cheers,
Brain