---
title: "How Photoshop works with files that can't fit into memory"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-photoshop-works-with-files-that-can-t-fit-into-memory-effyn5qbk
source_url: https://newsletter.programmingdigest.net/p/photoshop-solved-working-files-cant-fit-memory
type: article
source: "Programming Digest"
published: 2024-04-01T16:51:48.129Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z
tags: ["webassembly", "photoshop", "image-editing"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 2
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# How Photoshop works with files that can't fit into memory

**[Programming Digest](https://daily.dev/sources/programmingdigest)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn how Adobe solved the problem of working with files larger than memory in Photoshop using innovative WebAssembly features.

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Tags: [#webassembly](https://daily.dev/tags/webassembly), [#photoshop](https://daily.dev/tags/photoshop), [#image-editing](https://daily.dev/tags/image-editing)

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