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AE CS3 Render Fails
I’ve been having rendering issues with a project I’m working on.
Here’s the error message that pops-up (at the same frame) eveytime I render:
https://orlowskidesigns.com/temp/ae_crash.jpg
The project is a SD 720×486 job, and no element in this job is larger than 864×486.
But I am doing some 3D camera moves, with motion blurs and a light throwing a soft drop shadow onto an 720×486 background that I pushed way back on the Z-axis and blew up to fill the screen.
If I turn off the motion blur and the light, it renders fine (but of course, doesn’t look as good as if I was able to keep them on).
I have an HP workstation with 4 GB RAM running Windows Vista 32-bit. I realize in that environment, AE only uses 2 GB, so I did what the error message suggested, but it still fails at the same frame in the render.
What am I supposed to do in this situation? Am I just not able to render this project? Will I have to “dumb it down” to make it render?
We have one XP 64-bit workstation running the CS3 apps, so perhaps I’ll try rendering it on that machine. I has 8 GB RAM and AE sees 4 GB of it.
Suggestions? Solutions?
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
http://www.rynoproduction.com
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Try to start your render a couple of frames before the problem frame occurs. Sometimes AE fails to release memory. If this works then render out two passes and combine the movie either in AE or a non-linear.
And if that fails –
Render withouth the Lights and background and with an Alpha CHannel. IMport the movie and drop it into a comp and add your bakground. Apply Ramp (circular) to the background to fake a lighting effect and add Radial SHadow to the rendered movie.HTH
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Thanks for the suggestions. I tried a few frames before, but it still fails.
I turned off the light but kept the motion blur on, and it worked.
I’ll just not use a light in this project. I can live without it.
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
http://www.rynoproduction.com
800-860-7966 -
UPDATE: This project renders fine on our 64-bit XP workstation. Guess the extra 2 gigs of RAM AE sees in that environment is helpful.
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James Orlowski
RYNO Production, Inc.
http://www.rynoproduction.com
800-860-7966
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