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Out of memory error FCP 7

I'm running FCP 7 on a Macbook Pro 13 inch (about 3 years old). Specs are:

Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5

Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

500gb hard drive with 345gb free

It usually runs fine, but this week I've been getting an error message about not enough memory for new or old projects. Even started a brand new project and adding a video to the timeline causes this issue.

Restarting or shutting down for a few minutes hasn't fixed the issue.

I haven't had this issue with any other programs.

Can anyone help?

Posted on May 19, 2015 3:18 AM

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Studio X

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Posted on May 19, 2015 4:50 AM

Quite often "out of memory" errors don't involve memory at all - they involve the use of noncompliant material, e.g. CMYK or Grayscale colorspace for still images and some wonky non I frame video codec e.g. Mpeg 4, H.264, or whatever

The way to fix this is to make sure that ALL still images are in the RGB colorspace and your video is either ProRes, DV or HDV - with ProRes being the preferred format.

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