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Lightroom 5 "not enough memory" error message

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November 7, 2014
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After using Lightroom 5 for several months I started to have the message "not enough memory" during the export action. It started to appear ones in a while, then it became more frequent and now it comes in every single photo exported.

I wonder if it is related to the library size as the only thing that changed in my computer since I started to use Lightroom is that I have increased the amount of pictures.

I run Lightroom out of my hard disk and I store the raw files as well as the modified jpg pictures in an external hard disk. Both have enough space and the core memory size has not changed since the beginning. I try not to run any other program at the same time.

I have seen that there are several discussions on this subject but it goes normally to increasing the size of the memory but it doesn’t explain why at the beginning the export was done very quickly and without problem and why the problem increased with the time (and with the size of the library°

Is there a way to manage the library size?

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Correct answer JP Hess

I'm using Windows 7 with 4096 MB installed RAM, the camera is a Nikon D90 and the raw images are of 10 000 KB. The internal hard disk C: has 59.4 GB free space and the external where the raw and jpg images are stored has 897 GB free space.

4 GB RAM is marginal. Is your operating system 32-bit or 64-bit? 59 GB of free disk space could also be marginal. How much total disk space do you have on drive C? I use Windows 7, 64-bit, 8 GB RAM, and I shoot with a Nikon D90. My computer and Lightroom handle my raw images very nicely.

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I have the same problem. Windows 10 64 bit 32 gig memory 1 tb space on drive aloted. HELP! I can't use lightroom.

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Per Berntsen

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I have the same problem. Windows 10 64 bit 32 gig memory 1 tb space on drive aloted. HELP! I can't use lightroom.

Please quote the exact error message you are getting, or provide a screenshot.

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jfowler0303

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Hi! I was wondering if you could help me as well! I am NEW to photoshop and lightroom. I just downloaded lightroom to edit the photos for the photography business I just started, and when I click "import" it says I do not have enough memory, but I have a Mac... So how can I get more memory?

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Click4framing

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Hi all,

Even u have only just 2 GB of System memory and 32 bit system, this thing can get solved just with a little fast trick.

There is no hard rule to upgrade system memory if u have a little patience.

For more details, Kindly go through the Video below :

How to export pictures in lightroom after getting "Not Enough Memory" Error - YouTube

ManiacJoe

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If I understand what the video is trying to show, the trick is to first export your image into a new empty catalog. Then by opening that new catalog, LR uses much less memory due to the catalog being virtually empty except for your one image.

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Click4framing

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Sorry for getting in touch so late.

Yes! you are right

LR might get crash sometimes while opening catalog for the first time as least amount of system memory gets missed on that moment. After that error any temp files gets created needs to be deleted from the folder and again the catalog file needs to be reopened and things gonna work fine. It's all about giving a little more time on that situation to get rid of missing those changes for a better picture output by the LR just for that silly memory errors.

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dj_paige

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This means your computer doesn't have enough memory.

It has nothing to do with library size. It may have something to do with the size of each file (in pixels, not megabytes) that you are exporting.

If you have already tried closing other programs, then you need to get BOTH more memory (preferably so the total memory in your computer is 8GB or more) and a 64-bit operating system.

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Scout13Author

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Thanks for the answer but it is the same computer since the begining I have not changed the size of the files. During the first months of using Lightroom I didn't have any problem. and this came more and more often. Something tells me that there is something in Lightroom that increases the use of memory.

Has someone else experience the same problem?

JP Hess

Inspiring

What operating system are you using?

How much RAM is installed in that computer?

What camera took the images you are working with?

What is the file size of a typical raw image?

How much free disk space do you have on your hard drive?

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