AE 11.0.4 With Video Copilot Element 1.6 Plug-In Rendering Problem

[Ciphermetric]

All,

I have a 5400 frame composition (1920x1280 @ 30fps) containing two solids that I have applied the Element 3d plug in to - two particle groups in each - animated together with the animation engine inside the plug in. I have applied various lighting, glow and blur effects to each directly and via adjustment layers.

At a specific frame in the composition, exactly when the sequence hits the beginning of a new solid carrying an Element 3d animation - my render stops every time. I have tried only rendering the offending frame and a few past and still crashes the render. I am rendering in Quicktime and have tried both Animation and PNG formats. I have closed the composition frame so it does not RAM render during the render; closed all other apps; cleared my RAM via AE and via the terminal; turned process multiple frames simultaneously on and off; copy and pasted all the information from the failing comp into a new comp; and reserving the comp under a new name. Every time - at exactly this frame - the render crashes.

I know it is something in this solid and how it interacts with the other Element 3D animations in the composition - because when I moved the start point of that solid to a new location - then tried to render from there - it also seized.

Before I go in and lobotomize my composition to try and find the specific error down to a key frame - I am asking enthusiastically for any guidance. I would be beyond appreciative.

Thanks,

Ciphermetric

[poisondeathray]

So is ram preview ok? Does it only crash when you send it to render queue ? Did you try other format like image sequence (not quicktime)

Does it crash if you diable the other effects (the lighting, glow, blurs etc...)?

Did you precompose the solid layers ?

Did you try asking at the VCP forum ?

[Ciphermetric]

Thanks for the quick response. I am going through and disabling the other effects now to test. I did precompose the solids. I am going to ask the VCP forum as well.

[poisondeathray]

Is ram preview ok? Does it only crash when you send it to render queue ? Did you try other format like image sequence (not quicktime)

[Brainiac]

Element is at Version 2. Perhaps this was a problem addressed with the update?

Brainiac

[Ciphermetric]

It chugs through a RAM render at that point in the composition for awhile then crashes AE. I have not tried exporting as an image sequence, although I could try and then compress the file with Compressor.

[poisondeathray]

It chugs through a RAM render at that point in the composition for awhile then crashes AE. I have not tried exporting as an image sequence, although I could try and then compress the file with Compressor.

If it even crashes during the ram preview, don't even bother testing exporting with other formats until you can - you'll be wasting your time. That suggestion was just to rule out a quicktime issue if you were able to ram preview

Start with disabling effects, to see if you can find the culprit

[redwudz]

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[budwzr]

At a specific frame in the composition, exactly when the sequence hits the beginning of a new solid carrying an Element 3d animation - my render stops every time.

You might have to prerender some parts, and composite them back in at final render. IOW, render in passes. I always treat each element as a building block, and work the project up like a pyramid.

Laymen's terms: Cook the chicken, then add the carrots and peas, then drop the dumplings on top.