how big can a after effects project file be before crushing?

[Brendan Coots]

Dave,

Just out of curiosity, how DID you make a file that big? Since AE is primarily referencing files rather than storing them in the project file, I can’t even imagine what you had going on that resulted in a file that large.

[Kayak]

thanks for the information dave,
now i will try hard to get files as big as yours (or maybe even bigger)!
ciao kay

[Brendan Coots]

Kayak,

Are you saying your project file is 100MB or the RENDERS are 100MB? If your project file is 100mb something is horribly wrong…

[Kayak]

hi beenyweenies,
the project file is about 100 mb. but now i think my mistake is that after importing the 8 minute precut from premiere i