• Adobe After Effects

  Not enough memory error

  Posted by Dave Simpson on June 13, 2005 at 10:41 pm

  Hello,

  In rendering a sequence I get the following error “Not enough memory to create image buffer
  14053 requested, 821183 avaiable”. I am rendering it with the comp window closed, on a G4
  with 1.2 gigs of ram. IF there is 821183k available, and 14054k requested I’m not sure why the
  render keeps failing. I restart and pick up where I left off, but it fails after rendering about 4 seconds of
  the sequence.

  Any tips would be appreciated.

  Dave Simpson

  Glenn Moore replied 20 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
• 4 Replies

• 

  Sean Freehill

  June 14, 2005 at 3:19 pm

  I’m getting the same thing on my PC dual 3.2 Xeon w/ 2gb ram.. Also looking for answers..

  Thx.
• 

  Glenn Moore

  June 14, 2005 at 3:23 pm

  Sorry if this is very obvious and it doesn’t address your issue but…..

  Purge your memory first then try it again but you may want to cut the resolution down a bit (half or quarter)with a smaller screen size. A lot of times, people try to render out long stretches of the comp at max resolution. AE isn’t really for that.
• 

  Dave Simpson

  June 14, 2005 at 4:16 pm

  Thanks for the reply Glenn.
  I did a reboot of the computer after each failure, left the comp window closed, and just
  had AE open while rendering. I assumed the memory was purged at reboot, so
  I’ll try reducing the resolution as an experiment and see how that goes.
  The project is finished now , I just had to do it in several chunks and babysit the
  computer as it rendered (and stopped) ;^)

  Thanks

  Dave
• 

  Glenn Moore

  June 14, 2005 at 4:21 pm

  A simpler purge is the Purge (All) option in the menu under Edit I believe. Hope it works out.

Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up