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Anonymous
August 24, 2023
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Low memory in After Effects

  • August 24, 2023
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I've been trying to render one of my projects but it kept giving me the message of low memory but i've tried purging the memory and disk cache, increased the RAM for After Effects but now when i try to render the project it crashes at the same part and i works perfectly fine when playing through the comp.

 

My system:

Intel® Core™ i7-13700K

GeForce® RTX 4080 16GB

64GB (4x16GB) DDR5/5600mhz

MSI PRO Z790-P

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nishu_kush
Community Manager
nishu_kushCommunity Manager
Community Manager
August 24, 2023

Hi sheriffdream31514801qoli,

 

Sorry for the issue.

In addition to what the expert said, could you capture a screenshot of the task manager when After Effects shows the low memory error and share it with us? We want to see the RAM usage. Also, are there any third-party plug-ins installed?

Let us know, we're here to help.

 

Thanks,

Nishu

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Anonymous
August 25, 2023

I do have plug-ins installed and I mainly use the sapphire plugin with Twitch

nishu_kush
Community Manager
nishu_kushCommunity Manager
Community Manager
August 29, 2023

Looks like the frame you're trying to preview is too heavy to render. Try disabling the effects applied to the media.

Let us know how it goes.

 

 Thanks,

Nishu

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David Arbor
Inspiring
August 24, 2023

Can you isolate exactly which part or layer is causing the issue? When you say you can play that same part in the timeline, is it at Full res? If not, try that and see if it crases.

 

Are you using effects like Motion Tile or  CC Repetile with large tile values? If so, those can use lots of memory.

What are your comp settings? 

There are a lot of questions to ask what's going on, but it would be more helpful if you could provide detail about your project, especially if you know that it's crashing at the same part every time.

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Anonymous
August 25, 2023

When it gets to the 4th part of the comp it'll show the error which the part had Twtich, Sapphire, warp, motion tile but they had low values and I've never had this problem in the past.
My comp settings are in the screenshot.

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David Arbor
Inspiring
August 25, 2023

I'd be curious what the Task Manager reports as it's rendering and when it hits the problematic part vs when after the error is already shown (since memory will likely be released or stop being consumed at that point).

It seems pretty clear that the issue is with one or more of the plug-ins. Twitch is ancient and hasn't been updated for MFR, so maybe there's a conflict there. I would disable the plug-ins one-by-one and render the section to see if you can isolate the issue. If your Motion Tile values are low, is it possible to duplicate the pre-comp or layer and manually position it to extend? I'm sure that's not ideal, but at this point your best bet is to troubleshoot the problem so you can figure out the best solution.

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