Re: Memory and RAM Cache settings CS3

[jeff blasczyk] "I beleive all the RAM that AE can use is 3GB but the rest can be used for background processes"

that's correct

[jeff blasczyk] "I tried rendering out last night but am still getting the image buffer error for an image 5001 by 3336. Hopefully messing with those settings mentioned in the link you provided will help."

even with the memory & cache settings, you may have to break up large images to get them to render without the image buffer error (the link mentions this, but i just wanted to reinforce that settings may not overcome this problem).

you can also try to pre-render as much as you can by grouping layers into precomps (select the layers then choose layer>pre-compose, usually choose move all attributes) then, with the pre-comp open, choose composition>pre-render. set your render settings and render the pre-comp. a e will automatically import the render and replace the precomp in what ever comps are using it. this can reduce how much memory is needed to render the final comp, thus leaving more ram for the image buffer... how effectively you can utilize precomps and pre-rendering really comes down to your comp, though...

Kevin Camp
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