A Resource Manager utility is available from the
Flame menu. The Resource manager indicates the amount of RAM and VRAM that are Available, Used by the system, Used by the software, and Free. It also lists the RAM and VRAM clients, and details their memory consumption.
Memory Management Tokens
Two tokens located in the init.cfg file enable you to define the percentage of Memory and Graphics Memory to reserve for the application. These tokens deprecate both the
MemoryApplication token and the
-M startup switch. They are:
- MemoryConsumptionTarget
- GraphicsMemoryConsumptionTarget
See the init.cfg file for additional details, but in most cases, you do not need to worry about these. If you are using Connected Colour workflow, see Memory Settings for Connected Colour Workflow below.
Note: The recommended ratio for system-memory (RAM) to graphics card memory (VRAM) is 3-1. If you are using Shot Reactor, add up the values of both graphics cards before calculating the right ratio.
Memory Settings for Connected Colour Workflow
When running simultaneously Lustre and Flame/Flare on the same system, each application tries to acquire most of the resources of the workstation. To make sure the applications behave, configure Flame's
GraphicsMemoryConsumptionTarget and
MemoryConsumptionTarget percentages to one of the following recommended values. The percentages depend on both the complexity of the work, and the amount of available memory resources.
Note: When reading the tables below, the presence of a second graphics card for Shot Reactor has no impact: only consider the VRAM of one card.
| VRAM Present on the Graphics Card | Installed RAM | ||||||
| Grade Complexity | 6 GB | 12 GB | 24 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Low | 50% | 70% | 80% | 50% | 70% | 80% | 85% |
| Medium | N/R | 60% | 75% | N/R | 65% | 75% | 80% |
| High | N/R | 50% | 65% | N/R | 60% | 75% | 80% |
| GraphicsMemoryConsumptionTarget percentage | MemoryConsumptionTarget percentage | ||||||
| VRAM Present on the Graphics Card | Installed RAM | ||||||
| Grade Complexity | 6 GB | 12 GB | 24 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Low | 80% | 85% | 85% | 80% | 85% | 85% | 85% |
| Medium | 75% | 80% | 85% | 75% | 80% | 85% | 85% |
| High | 65% | 75% | 85% | 75% | 80% | 85% | 85% |
| GraphicsMemoryConsumptionTarget percentage | MemoryConsumptionTarget percentage | ||||||
Where:
- Low complexity grade: 1 external matte, 12 secondaries, degrain and HLS/Diamond keyers.
- Medium complexity grade: 2 external mattes, 24 secondaries, degrain and HLS/Diamond keyers.
- High complexity grade: 4 external mattes, 48 secondaries, degrain and HLS/Diamond keyers.
- N/R means not recommended configuration since the available memory is too low.