Export problem: banding in image and memory error

[Fred vanderZee]

Nope, 64 bit.

[handrawn]

it could be that the program is having an issue compositing, and that might cause your memory issue - this is not necessarily a function of detail so much as the way in which you have created the effects in terms of blends/contours etc and how they interact during the process

if I had this problem I would make a copy of my file for backup and then flatten each layer, ie select all the objects on the layer, make alpha bitmap copy, then delete the objects

once done flatten these bitmaps by creating an alpha bitmap copy of them all, and again delete them to leave only the one final composite bitmap on one layer which can then be rendered out

EDIT - if you are the sort that does not use layers, then the same applies for groups in the stack of your layer, though you might well be able to take them in batches - it's easier if you use layers though, not that xara agreed the last time I happened to mention it

[Egg Bramhill]

If this is correct, I think we'd need to look at (a cut down version) of your xar file.

You'd probably need to upload it via dropbox or similar.

[Fred vanderZee]

Yes, these are the bands that shouldn't be there.

I am going to do some tests and get back to you all, Thanks for the replies!

[Fred vanderZee]

So I did some tests. Tried the one from Handrawn but I got the message that certain transparencies could not be translated to bitmap so the end result would not be the same. (@Handrawn: I use layers - lots of them )
So, I moved the file to my laptop that has 16 GB of RAM and that generated well, so it is definitely a memory problem. Since my main computer has only 8 MB I am going to get me some extra RAM to solve the problem. In the meantime I'll use my laptop for the export.

[Acorn]

I know that it is tangential but I think the free Xara Cloud will generate your file as the render is done by the Xara server.

Acorn

[Fred vanderZee]

I know that it is tangential but I think the free Xara Cloud will generate your file as the render is done by the Xara server.

Acorn

Thanks, will give it a try.

[handrawn]

@ fred - thought you might, looking at the complexity of the art, which is very good

not enough memory to do the compositing then on your first computer - if you dig in deeper you may be able to the isolate object[s] in question and deal with them directly, but if it works fine with your 16 GB laptop perhaps no point other than for future reference

@acorn be interesting to know if that works, it should if memory allocation is not throttled...