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pikero_24
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April 17, 2025
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Request: Auto-Fall Back to Mercury Software Only Video Rendering if GPU out of memory

  • April 17, 2025
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When rendering a project with particularly large files, the gpu can run out of memory, aborting the render and throwing the error attached below.

I'd like to suggest a third option other than GPU Acceleration (CUDA) or Software Only exclisively where, should the render fail, GPU rendering falls back to software only upon error.  Acknowleging that the render quality may be slightly different, sometimes completing this render and queue as a whole is more important than ensuring parity.

Error mentioned above:
"After Effects has encountered a failure related to GPU-enabled effects on this frame. This is likely because your GPU is out of memory. Please decrease your rendering resolution, close applications that may be using GPU resources, or set this project to render effects using "Mercury Software Only" in File -> Project Settings -> Video Rendering and Effects. VR effects do not render using software only, and can require large amounts of GPU VRAM."

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Warren Heaton
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 17, 2025

Interesting idea for a preference settings.  I've upvoted it.