Why does it stop rendering?

[dominich25609921]

I'm doing an edit on Fortnite and there seems to be a problem with the motion tile but I'm not sure what.

Could someone help me? I'm brand new to video editing and haven't found a solution so I really don't know what to do.

[David Arbor]

As the error says, you've hit the max of 30,000 pixels. How big is your comp? What's the resolution of your source footage. Is this error coming up as soon as you apply the effect or only after changing certain parameters.

Also, After Effects is not meant for video editing. If you continue to try to edit in Ae you're going to drive yourself insane. That's what Premiere Pro is for. You can send certain clips to Ae for adding graphics; or import footage, do some work, then export it back to Premiere; but you should not be doing a full edit in Ae.

[dominich25609921]

It is 1920 x 1080, if that is what you are asking for.

The error appears when I'm rendering the video.

I'll make sure to get Premiere Pro in the future.

[David Arbor]

Unless you have the single-app subscription, you already have access to Premiere. Also, looking at your project path, you're working on an auto-save file, which is a bad idea. After Effects is not a program you can jump into and figure it out easily. I recommend you start with some basic resources: Get to know After Effects |

As for your issue, did the error appear after simply applying the effect or after tweaking parameters? Without seeing the settings I can't tell you what's going on.

[dominich25609921]

It appears after tweaking the parameters.

Should I get you a screenshot of the adjustment layer of where it goes wrong?

(or where I think it goes wrong.)

[David Arbor]

If you want help, I'm going to need to you provide a lot more info, please. There are a dozen things I can guess, but it's pointless because they're so abstract. Please provide screenshots of your Effects Controls panel with the Motion Tile effect showing. Also, a screenshot of your Project panel, as well your Comp settings.

[dominich25609921]

What do you mean by the Motion Tile effect showing?

[David Arbor]

my mistake, it was in your original screenshot, but I missed it among all the other effects.

What are the exact expressions on the Output Width and Height?

You can double click the parameters in the ECP to show them in your timeline, then reveal the expressions by twirling down the disclosure arrow by the red text.

[dominich25609921]

Sorry that was the wrong layer.

This is the layer of the frame where it goes wrong. I cannot change those numbers part of that effect in my first screenshot.

[David Arbor]

You can't change the numbers in the first screenshot because they're driven by an expression. Did you add those expressions or are you using a preset? There's something else going on here, and without seeing all of your layers and the effects or your project file, I or anyone else can't tell you what's going on. If you want to upload your project file then I can look at it.

[dominich25609921]

These are all of my adjustment layers and they are from a preset.

Also, sorry if this will take a while, and I might not understand what you are asking for.

[David Arbor]

What exactly are you trying to do, and what does this preset do for you? There might be an easier way to accomplish it, while simplifying your workflow. That's a lot of adjustment layers, and I have no idea what any of them are doing.

At this point, seeing how many layers there are, how many effects are stacked on top, and since you said you're brand new to this, I think it would just be easier if you uploaded your project file.

[dominich25609921]

Okay, if you skip to 18:16 in the video I believe that is where the error is because when rendering that is where it says it goes wrong.

Here is the project file.

https://ufile.io/golfi

[David Arbor · Accepted solution]

There is a ton going on in this project. What exactly is the purpose of the template or preset? You have Motion Tile on a bunch of different adjustment layers and your footage. Just like the original error says, you're hitting the object buffer of 30,000 pixels. After Effects is calculating a ton of different things, and you've hit its limit for this, which is something that you don't need to be doing in a 1080p comp.

Turn off some of the instances of Motion Tile. Also, check out 18:17 on Layer 11, it might be that instance.

But without knowing what's actually happening here (and I can't see because I only have the project file, not the footage) I can't tell you why this is happening or what you can turn off without changing much.

Also, you're working with 60p footage, but your comp is set to 29.97. You probably want to change that.

[dominich25609921]

There are black corners when it spins could I send the footage over and then it would make alot more sense?

[Kyle Hamrick]

Seeing the footage won't change my suggestion. You've got multiple instances of effects that are effectively expanding the size of the image, to a point where it can't be processed. Turn some of those off and your problem will be fixed.

To fix the black corners, either scale your clip up (using the Scale property, not an effect) or find a different transition that doesn't spin.

I'd take David's earlier suggestion re: learning basic AE to heart. You'll be a lot more successful in here if you have a better idea how AE works, instead of just applying a bunch of presets. It's a big, complex program that's capable of amazing things, but that comes with a learning curve. If you're mostly doing editing with some fancy transitions (what I'm interpreting from your project), I would also echo his suggestion to do this work in Premiere. It'll probably be a much more efficient workflow, and you'll find that adding those transition presets will be much more user-friendly in there.

Good luck!

[Kyle Hamrick]

The issue here is that, between the footage and the adjustment layer, you're stacking multiple instances of Motion Tile AND an instance of CC Repetile. Those effects do essentially the same thing, and both are effectively "expanding" your footage by repeating the edges. At some point, these are just exceeding AE's/your machine's capability to process everything.

Without seeing your footage, it's hard to tell exactly what's going on, but I would start by disabling the effects on the clips themselves. The adjustment layers look like a camera shake of some kind - you wouldn't need to be doing that AGAIN on the footage, and especially not twice.

[dominich25609921]

When going through it, I don't see an instance of repetile at any point. I have used it but since removed it. In which layer do you see it?

[Kyle Hamrick]

Repetile is on some of the footage clips. Select all the footage and press E, which will reveal all effects.

[dominich25609921]

I'm going to try render it now after disabling some of the effects.

I'll see if it works. Also, should I only use AE for something like tracking and use Premiere Pro for putting the clips together doing transitions etc.?

[David Arbor]

Like Kyle said, After Effects is capable of doing amazing things. To answer simply, yeah, do your edit in Premiere and your graphics in After Effects.

[dominich25609921]

It renders!

Thank you both for the time to you took to help me and if i wasted any of it.

I'll try to learn the software alot more and hopefully I don't make mistakes like I did here.