Using RAM effectively
Occasionally, After Effects may display an alert message indicating that it requires more memory to display or render a composition. To render more efficiently, it's helpful to understand how After Effects uses memory and what parts of a composition may be increasing the memory load. Many variables, such as memory management controlled by QuickTime or other system software, make it impossible to predict the exact amount of memory required for displaying or rendering a particular layer. However, you can usually identify memory-intensive layers with enough certainty to get a composition to render. When rendering a composition, the following factors determine memory requirements: If you have no problems displaying every frame of a full-resolution, best-quality preview of a composition, then you have enough memory to render the composition. Rendering a composition into a movie takes somewhat less memory than displaying it on-screen. Related Subtopics: |