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  • Previewing Comp

    Posted by Elaine Lake on February 7, 2012 at 7:20 pm

    For some reason, when I want to preview my comp, it doesn’t let me preview the whole thing… It stops toward the end and starts at the beginning…

    How do I preview the entire comp??

    Thank you!

    Elaine Lake replied 14 years, 3 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Cassius Marques

    February 7, 2012 at 8:05 pm

    Aren’t you just running out of RAM for the preview? You can try to purge everything (EDIT -> PURGE -> ALL) before previewing to get the most of it…but that’s it.

  • John Cuevas

    February 7, 2012 at 8:39 pm

    By pressing B and N, you can set the in and out points of your preview, if you are running out of RAM(previews are just frames stored in your RAM).

    Remember if you change your work area, you will want to change it back when you go to render your final composition.

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  • Michael Szalapski

    February 7, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    This link should help:
    FAQ: Why does RAM preview only play part of my composition? [link]

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  • Elaine Lake

    February 8, 2012 at 5:00 am

    Thank you! That’s exactly what I needed — to allocate more RAM 🙂

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