Rendering takes forever and I can't cancel it.

Hi,

I'm rendering a fairly large layer (4k * 6k )in FilterForge 2
Now I understand that it can take some time and that this time depends on the filter used, which are at least partly user generated content. But right now the slow speed is a major hindrance for a useable workflow.
In the end I'll have to render at half or a quarter of the original size and scale up the outcome, but that's not ideal either, of course. As is rendering over night.

But what's bugging me right now is that I can't switch back to Photoshop or Filterforge while rendering. I switched tasks at the beginning and can't go back now. Neither with tab, neither with the Taskmanager (WinXP). I can't cancel it, I can't save my PS File, I can't even see how far it got or how long it might take fr om here. (And it's been runnning for about an hour now! Taskmanager/cores look like it is rendering. )

edit:

Can I kill the Filterforge process without affecting Photoshop?

edit2:

Ok, could kill the process without affecting Photoshop. Phew!

Emmes (awesome!) sketchy painting filter really seems to cause a problem with big resolutions as he pointed out in another thread I found.
Still filterforge should somehow give the user the possibility to see what's going on and to cancel the process at any point in time.

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Nebukadnezar wrote: I can't switch back to Photoshop or Filterforge while rendering.

It is the intended behavior. I can suggest you run Filter Forge in the stand-alone mode for complex renders.

What Windows version do you use?
In such cases the 'Show desktop' command (Win+D) usually helps.

try working on a dummy file and start rendering in filterforge with such huge dimensions.
and now try killing Filterforge from task manager
u will come to know it affects photosoh or not