CS2 problem--every PSD file is *gigantic* when saved

[nordink]

When I save PSD files in CS2, they are gigantic, 40MB minimum.

Even small docs, with few layers.

I don't know how to fix this problem, or why it's happening.

(I also don't know if this is relevant, but a few weeks ago I think CS2 somehow 'reset' itself. Upon opening it, everything had gone back to factory defaults. My custom actions, brushes, etc., were gone, and I had to go back and re-load them.)

Working with these unnaturally huge files takes up a huge amount of my memory, making for slow, slow working conditions.

Please help with any thoughts! Thanks.

[Phate]

you maybe changed the default dpi? If you are dealing with 300 dpi instead of 72, it will make the filesize bigger

[Fastra]

Or,

make sure your resolution is in inches rather than cm EG; dpi NOT dpc - as a colleague of mine keeps doing, and then wondering why everythings is massive and takes ages to open!