• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  FCP7 problems

  Posted by Rob Dunford on December 8, 2016 at 2:54 pm

  Hi, I’m using FCP7 for a multi-track (24 video tracks) edit and having problems!
  I guess I shouldn’t be surprised with such an old software, but are there any solutions to the constant ‘out of memory’ messages.
  I’m running a 2 year old 27″ iMac, with full RAM and an Apple SSD. The footage is all PR422 1080p. The footage is on an external USB3 drive.
  I need to say also that I am not a professional video editor, I am in my later years and re-visiting my past occupation as an experimental film-maker.
  Perhaps I also need to look at changing my NLE, what would the best one be that didn’t require to much re-learning? Resolve or FCPX or Premiere?
  Cheers

  Ilan Azoulai replied 9 years, 5 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Warren Eig

  December 8, 2016 at 5:13 pm

  Do you have a lot of still images? They can present problems if they are scaled too large. Also, a simple restarting of the computer can help.

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  Shane Ross

  December 8, 2016 at 5:34 pm

  What Warren said. The most common reason I got OUT OF MEMORY messages, is when the stills were over 4000 pixels on any side. FCP 7 doesn’t do larger than 4K…and that goes for stills too.

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  Ilan Azoulai

  December 9, 2016 at 9:05 am

  If an FCP7 project file is greater than 100MB (yes, MB) then you are prone to crash the application and memory errors.
  I had that constantly while working on my documentary and discovered it in one of the Apple forums. What i had to do is to slim down the timeline. it may be cumbersome but works.
  -iLan

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