GPU Memory issue

I have a timeline with 16 jpeg images, crossfade transitions added between them, one transform node added to each image clip with a time expression added to adjust the y translation at a set rate. Any attempt at playback results in a low memory message. I have an RTX 2080ti GPU and 64GB of system RAM.

Any thoughts?

What is your project/timeline resolution?
What resolution are your JPEGs?

jpegs are 2448x3264
timeline is 1920x1080

That surprises me. I was expecting that your JPEGs would be huge or that you were using an 8K timeline resolution or something like that (which might explain the consumption of GPU memory). Sorry, I don't have any ideas. You aren't using any Fusion effects or transitions, correct?

The only thing I'm doing with fusion is applying a single transform node with a time expression to move the clip on the y plane. Crossfade transitions between clips are added on the timeline.

You're very likely hitting this issue: Fusion page: Major performance issue with MediaIn v Loader

Putting still images on a timeline and then going into Fusion will access each image with a MediaIn node. MediaIn nodes cannot cache in RAM, so the still image is copied over and over to the GPU on every frame. When many still images are involved this can very quickly cause out of VRAM errors. Resolve/Fusion has many problems with VRAM caching.

Normally the workaround is to replace the MediaIn with a Loader node, and then everything works great. But a Loader can't access timeline media, so things are more complicated in your case.

Possible quick solution: go into each Fusion comp, and in its MediaOut node, go to Settings -> Frame Render Script and enter this script:

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if time % 20 == 0 or time == comp.RenderEnd then fu:PurgeCache() end

This will purge the RAM and VRAM cache every 20 frames, and also on the last frame of the composition. This might allow enough VRAM to be available for all the separate Fusion comps to work OK. Make sure you do it for every separate Fusion composition involved.

If that doesn't help, what you could do is forget the timeline, and just make a single Fusion Composition. In that composition, make Loader nodes to load all your still images direct from disk (one per still image, so 16 in total), and then re-create the timeline in Fusion. Ie using Merge or Dissolve nodes to comp one image over the previous one, and re-create the cross-dissolve transition you were previously doing on Edit.

Then drop that Fusion Composition on a timeline and render it. That should render fine with no VRAM problems.

I could advise more specifically if you show a screenshot of your Edit timeline, and an example of the Fusion comps you're currently making.

Replaced mediain with loader and that solved the issue. Thanks TheBloke for the help.