rendering issue

I consistently have the error message "Error: Out of memory" showing up when i try to render specific gfx.
This happens with png files, psd and jpg.
I tried everything I can, reducing the size of the file to 1 MB... but nothing works...
What should i do?


MacPro, 2x 3 Ghz Quad
4 GB 800 Mhz
ATI Radepon HD 2600

How full are your drives? Have you tried doind a Forum Search? A Faq Wiki Search?

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That's too full. 10% free is the drop-dead ceiling...you should be nowhere near that. I would get that down to at least 25% free then run some tests.

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I didn't get it?
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>This happens with png files, psd and jpg

I usually work with tif, but png and psd should be alright. Jpeg can be flakey at times. Are they large files? What's their pixel dimensions? Scaling down the stills may help.



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1980x1080

hmmm... what kind of filters do you have on them? What happens if you export the still as a video file, then apply the filters?



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no filter
just basic motion stuff

Generally I advise clients/ people to avoid JPEGs in FCP, use PNGs.

Have you tried increasing the Still Cache in System Setting/Memory&Cache ?
That makes more room for stills, any kind of stills.

Piero

And if you're using a LOT of them, think about creating your photomotion to taste, exporting that as native QuickTime, re-importing that and replacing the still in the timeline with the reimport. No rendering, no tugging around a large overscan which can indeed soak up memory as well as CPU cycles.

Store the "factory clips" with keyframing intact in a bin, in case you need to tweak.

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