PS3 creation and memory requirement

> Hi Jeremy,
>
> I have 2 GB of RAM in my laptop, and a generous virtual memory file on top
> of it... but in my experience to date with Movie Maker and Photo Story, I've
> yet to see it make use of any memory more than 2 GB.... adding RAM might
> just make it reach the limit quicker.
> --
> PapaJohn
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> "Jeremy Fisher" <JeremyFisher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:07A653AA-F79D-43F0-9D14-84FBA3A72471@microsoft.com...

> > My last post asking about memory exhaustion while preparing a story was
> > answered by Papajohn who explained the great demand made on memory by
> > image
> > motion, in particular when this involves combined zooms and pans. I have
> > managed until now by being more modest with motion, by taking care to go
> > offline and close down all other programmes, and by raising maximum size
> > of
> > the virtual memory paging file to the allowed limit, in my case 4GB. But
> > now
> > I'm stuck, with a 25 min documentary story which craves more complex
> > motion.
> > Would it help simply to install say another GB of RAM on top of the 1GB I
> > now have? Or is it more complicated than that? Or is, maybe, a 25 min
> > story
> > pushing one's luck?
> > --
> > Jeremy Fisher

>
>
>

> Hi, PapaJohn,
> Well, that seems to answer my question. Thanks. It's faintly discouraging.
> But one thing I've found seems to help, which is to forgo the elegance of
> motion and do a straight cut or simple dissolve to a close-up detail, made in
> a photo-editing programme. I think I often tend to use digitally-simulated
> zooms and pans simply because the facility is there, even when there isn't a
> really good reason for them. Thanks again.
> --
> Jeremy Fisher
>
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>

> > Hi Jeremy,
> >
> > I have 2 GB of RAM in my laptop, and a generous virtual memory file on top
> > of it... but in my experience to date with Movie Maker and Photo Story, I've
> > yet to see it make use of any memory more than 2 GB.... adding RAM might
> > just make it reach the limit quicker.
> > --
> > PapaJohn
> >
> > Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> > MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> > Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
> >
> >
> > "Jeremy Fisher" <JeremyFisher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:07A653AA-F79D-43F0-9D14-84FBA3A72471@microsoft.com...

> > > My last post asking about memory exhaustion while preparing a story was
> > > answered by Papajohn who explained the great demand made on memory by
> > > image
> > > motion, in particular when this involves combined zooms and pans. I have
> > > managed until now by being more modest with motion, by taking care to go
> > > offline and close down all other programmes, and by raising maximum size
> > > of
> > > the virtual memory paging file to the allowed limit, in my case 4GB. But
> > > now
> > > I'm stuck, with a 25 min documentary story which craves more complex
> > > motion.
> > > Would it help simply to install say another GB of RAM on top of the 1GB I
> > > now have? Or is it more complicated than that? Or is, maybe, a 25 min
> > > story
> > > pushing one's luck?
> > > --
> > > Jeremy Fisher

> >
> >
> >