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The Effect “Vignette” failed to Render…Whattha??
I have the latest Mac Pro Desktop, Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2 x 2.66GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon, with 16GB memory. I am running the FCP 6….so I am not sure why I am getting this error??
This is the error:
‘The effect “Vignette” failed to render: Your hardware cannot render the requested size and depth.’This is pretty much the top of the line Mac. I’m pretty sure it could handle a vignette effect?
Anyone know why I am getting this error or how it could be overcome. I have tried old faithful FCP 6 Rescue. No effect unfortunately.
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7 Replies
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Hi Travis,
That means that your video card can not cope with the task.
That effect is rendered in the video card, not in the CPU.
You probably are trying to render 1920×1080 10b.
You have three options:
– Reduce the size. I have the same problem and works 720.
– It may work rendering in 8b.
– A better video card.
rafael -
Travis
There is/was a known issue where having 2 video cards installed can cause a conflict resulting in this erroneous message. Do you have 2 video cards in your Mac? If so try removing one and see if the issue is resolved.
Cheers
Andy -
I have the same problem when using the vignette filter on 1920×1080 clips.
2.8 Octo MacPro with a Radeon HD 2600.
For what it’s worth…
Tom -
hmm well I think that you may be right about the two video cards thing…I do have two cards, and after looking around for an answer this seems to be the most common cause of the issue.
But I figure it is less drama and time to just use an alternate vignette rather than remove my video card. (a decision made easier by knowing how crap the FCP vignette filter is)
FYI I am using a free vignette filter from https://www.haiku.com.au/ which is actually way better than the FCP one.
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also check out Alex Gollner’s (alex4d) very nice Vignette plug in here:
https://alex4d.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/final-cut-free-vignette-filter/ -
Many things to thanks to the people that makes plugins for FC and they share them for free.
Rafael -
Do you know if Apple has found a solution to this problem due to multiple video cards? Will a second, faster card solve the problem?
Thanks,
Jerry
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