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    Out of memory error after adding large still image

    Posted by Mark Linthicum on October 31, 2011 at 3:18 am

    Just made a 1920×14400 file in photoshop for a credit scroll and when i try to render it in FCP 7 I get an out of memory error.

    i have added more memory to the still image section of the disk cache in system settings but no luck.

    Any ideas how I can get this file to render?

    Thanks, Mark

    Thanks, Mark

    Mark Linthicum replied 14 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Andrew Rendell

    October 31, 2011 at 6:21 am

    The out of memory error is because the image is too big for FCP to handle. FCP only works with stills up to 4000 pixels along either direction.

    You have 2 options – cut the still image into 4 sections and put them on overlapping layers, or do the overlay in different software (e.g ., motion or ae) and bring it back into FCP when it’s rendered.

  • Mark Linthicum

    October 31, 2011 at 6:25 am

    Thanks Andrew.

    Good to know! I am starting to do it in AE now.

    Thanks, Mark

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