Can't save 3D file larger than 2gb even as a .psb

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December 14, 2018
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Is there a 2gb cap on 3D files in Photoshop CC 2018... working on a new macbook pro 2018 w 32gb ram and 3tb ssd scratch space. 85% ram devoted to Photoshop. I can export the file as a dae, and it comes to 3.5gb total... but I cannot save it as a native Photoshop file.

Any help appreciated....

Thanks

Dave Seeley

www.daveseeley.com

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Ussnorway7605025

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Windows is better than Mac at large file management but this test 60Fuse image pushed my laptop into the red line to get past 4g

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david seeleyAuthor

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Is that file a 3D files, or 2D image? If 3D, how were you able to save it, if over 2gb? My file wouldn't save at all, and I got messages saying that it was over 2gb, so that is why.

Ussnorway7605025

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Yes each fuse character is a 3d file and I just copied her 60 times to push up the file size in order to prove PSB files can go above 2g... I have an Asus i7 laptop with 12g ram an of course this isn't something that I recommend for normal workflow

Ussnorway7605025

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https://forums.adobe.com/people/david+seeley wrote
Is there a 2gb cap on 3D files in Photoshop CC 2018...

yes

a Tiff is an option if you just want textures but PSB i.e, large document format is correct when you need to keep everything, animations lighting etc

p.s, be aware that Mac systems formatted to HFS and HFS+ Volumes do count Cache size when working out file limits and this could limit you outside Adobe... it also means other systems may struggle to open a file bigger than 2G but for local system backups this works well

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david seeleyAuthor

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So I can't yet try that on my macbook pro w Photoshop CC 2018, because it's in the middle of a 34 hour render.... but I recreated the situation on my 2010 3.33 12 core Westmere mac pro, running Mavericks and Photoshop CC 2015... and I get a message saying that the .tif cannot be saved because it's over 2gb. So unless this has changed from 2015-2018, I'm doubting that it's possible?

I'm surprised that Tiff is a format that would support 3D objects and all their various attributes... though happy to be incorrect if it solves my problem. Daniel, please let me know if you meant that you could save as a tiff as a 3D object from Photoshop.

So again... my problem is within the Photoshop CC 3D mode. Is there a way to save the file if larger than 2gb????

Thanks for any help.

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david seeleyAuthor

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My render finished over night.... I added a layer, then merged visible, to flatten out my file, then saved as a 119mb single layer .psd file. I then backup up via history states to the layered 3D object file, and tried to save - as .psd, as .psb, both with and without compatability box checked.... now I don't see anything about over 2gb, but I get this message "Could not complete your request because of a program error" Then I tried saving as a TIFF, but get the same program error message.... so still now way to save this file and the hours that it took to set it up from the imported model.

I then changed a reflective attribute in one texture, and got a complete program crash... as in disappears. I then reimported the same model, and tried to save immediately as a psd file, and it said that it could not save because there was not enough RAM (24gb of 32 allocated to PS). I restarted the computer after allocating a little more ram, reimported the 3d file, and tried to save as psd, psb, and Tiff... and again, get the "could not save because the document is bigger than 2 gigabytes" message each time.