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  • Open GL Error

    Posted by Brad Bromelmeier on September 4, 2006 at 1:03 am

    I’m getting an Open GL error – unable to release dc. This is happening mainly when scrubbing the timeline. I set the timeline work area to the length of the clip, usually about 3 to 6 second clips, with the whole project being a 4 minute music video on greenscreen. It happens less frequently if I work at quarter resolution instead of full, but it still happens. I’m using Keylite and a background graphic from an Illustrator file. If I don’t save and close then After Effects will close for me and force me to rename the project. I’m using a GeForce Go 7400 display adapter with 512mb of video ram. 2 gigs of system ram. Anyone have any helpful ideas on this? Thanks!

    Brad Bromelmeier replied 19 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Roland R. kahlenberg

    September 4, 2006 at 3:38 am

    Ensure that you have the latest OpenGL drives for your graphics card. If you do and things still foul up then make do with fewer of the OpenGL options in AE. If all else fails, then goto your desktop and set the settings for your grpahics card to not have Hardware Acceleration. This is normally switched on.

    HTH
    Roland Kahlenberg
    broadcastGEMs
    Customizable animated backdrops with Adobe After Effects project files

  • Brad Bromelmeier

    September 4, 2006 at 5:14 am

    Updated the drivers, and thought it was working great, but just now I got another error.

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