30in x 40in Killing PS
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1. Can you do all the comping and everything on a greyscale image then colour it afterwards perhaps? I've done that in the past on insanely large files.
2. Are you working in RGB rather than CMYK? Cuts file sizes.
3. If you work at half resolution, then when you finish and flatten the file, blow it up to 400% and pass over some rudimentary smoothing such as a subtle gaussian blur etc and just retouch any obvious jagging, then reduce it down by 50% back to where it should be that will not look unduly low res.
3. Keep an archive of save offs and keep Flattening bunches of layers as you go to minimse file size. You have the archive versions if you have to go back.
4. Purge your cache regularly
5. Specify a large format project document
6. Close down unneccesary apps.