Digital Light & Color

I haven't seen any references to this type of error on the board; so I'll ask:

I have been seeing "Out of Memory" errors with PWP5 (5.0.1.4) under certain circumstances. I have a 32-bit WinXP PC with 2GB RAM. I open a raw file from my Canon 5D2, perform a series of transformations, then save the file. I close all the windows using the Window -> Close All selection, and move on to the next raw file.

If the transformations I perform are all progressive (that is, if I don't go back and perform two or more transformations on the same image somewhere along the transformation history), then I have never seen an "Out of Memory" error.

If, however, I do perform two transformations on the same image (because I don't like the outcome of the first transformation), then even after I Window -> Close All, more likely than not I get an "Out of Memory" error when I try to open the next raw file. The only recovery seems to be to restart PWP5.

I don't remember seeing anything like this with PWP3.5 where I worked on large TIFFs produced by Canon's DPP (I've never used PWP4). Is this memory fragmentation?


Thanks,
Max

Another observation - when I get an "Out of Memory" error, all windows are closed, but there is a "stray" entry under the "History" pane for a non-existent window.


Thanks,
Max

If you you find a repeatable case where History does not clean up an entry, please send me the details at ksinkel@dl-c.com. However, I doubt that a 'hanging' entry in history has anything to do with memory usage. History is realy just an observer -- it simply monitors creation and deletion of windows and displays the current status. It is not involved in creating or deleting the data structures or the memory associated with the windows.

Kiril

Kiril - you are correct; I spoke too soon. The two issues seem unrelated...


Thanks,
Max