V10 Pro Not Responding freezes and crashes

[pixelpusher]

Hello.
I run V10.5.2 64bit PRO on a Windows 7 machine with 8GB RAM. Working as I often do at high resolutions, with mixed imagery from Canon EOS @ 2592 x 1728 TV Paint will freeze during saves and renders. As I type this, I am waiting for a 3000 frame sequence of a single layer to save. The routine feedback is it will save 1% then go into the "Not Responding" in the windows title bar at the top of the screen for 15 to 20 seconds, then another 1% saves, maybe more, and another freeze, and on and on. It can take as long as 25 - 30 minutes to make a save. Not very workable. Roughly a third of the time, it fails to complete the save, with the software simply crashing with the "Windows is looking for a solution" box popping up. Hit cancel and that, and the program closes, work lost. I have cache file on a separate disc from working files directory. Machine is an Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33 GHz machine.
HELP! Thanks, Casey

[pixelpusher]

Save I started prior to typing initial message just finished. At least it didn't crash this time. Single layer 3060 jpeg frames. 19.1 GB final file size. 25 minutes to save.

[pixelpusher]

I've just downloaded 10.5.7 and will see if that helps this issue. It was not clear there was an update, as I overlooked the built in update checker gizmo. Geeze....

[slowtiger]

That file size is correct. 3060 HDTV images take up that much space. But 19 GB is a very big chunk for any machine, unless you have some 36 GB RAM and a large SSD. You really should try to reduce the project size, aim at a maximum of 2 GB per project file.

- Split into smaller files of just some 100 frames.
- Try to recompute the images so you'll have less frames.
- Import as linked images.