Motion 4 Crashes upon jpg import: Kern Protection Failure

Question

Hi,
I'm just starting to use Motion 4 instead of After Effects and I keep running into a problem of it crashing, with the error of "Kern Protection Failure" and the crash seems to be related to quicktime components, but all of mine are apple components (I removed all third party components to the best of my knowledge). The crash occurs consistently every time I try to import a second jpg image. Now, this image brings up a complaint of being of too high a resolution for Motion before it crashes. The first image did that too, but did not crash. Only when I go to add another image. Any ideas? Thanks.
Error report:
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x00000000100a1000
Crashed Thread: 23
with excerpt:
Thread 23 Crashed:
0 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x9552f6b2 vec_yuvto32BGRAOne + 346
1 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x9553c83c getyuvMB + 378
2 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x95547ab0 jpegdecompressClip + 4620
3 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x95512325 JPEG_DDrawBand + 1723
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92f0e60c CallComponentFunctionCommonWithStorage(char**, ComponentParameters*, long (*)(), unsigned long) + 54
5 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x95512ae4 JPEG_DComponentDispatch + 114
6 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92f06cb6 CallComponentDispatch + 29
7 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x95bc8358 ImageCodecDrawBand + 43
8 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x9550c43e BaseCodec_DecompressWorkFunction + 1002
9 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x9550cbc0 BaseCodecDecompressCallBackCommon + 1328
10 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x9550e88f Base_CDBandDecompress + 5438
11 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92f0e60c CallComponentFunctionCommonWithStorage(char**, ComponentParameters*, long (*)(), unsigned long) + 54
12 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x95509cff Base_CDComponentDispatch + 127
13 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x95512b06 JPEG_DComponentDispatch + 148
14 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92f06cb6 CallComponentDispatch + 29
15 com.apple.QuickTime 0x990e4a40 ImageCodecBandDecompress + 43
16 com.apple.QuickTime 0x990d2b4d DoBandedDecompress + 17559
17 com.apple.QuickTime 0x990ce4c9 ICMAction + 1177
18 com.apple.QuickTime 0x990cda1b ICMDeviceLoop + 2917
19 com.apple.QuickTime 0x990d604c DecompressSequenceFrameWhen + 714
20 com.apple.QuickTime 0x990d5d7d DecompressSequenceFrameS + 61
21 ...uickTimeImporters.component 0x9780168a importGraphicDrawInternal + 2247
22 ...uickTimeImporters.component 0x97803487 importGraphicDrawOrDecide + 1130
23 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92f0e60c CallComponentFunctionCommonWithStorage(char**, ComponentParameters*, long (*)(), unsigned long) + 54
24 ...uickTimeImporters.component 0x977fff1f ImportGraphicComponentDispatch + 111
25 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92f06cb6 CallComponentDispatch + 29
26 com.apple.QuickTime 0x990cb8f1 GraphicsImportDraw + 37
27 com.apple.ProMedia 0x0048f6db GI_GetFrame(PMFormatDescription const&, PCURL const&, unsigned int, PMFrameRequest&, PCBitmap*, void*) + 363
28 com.apple.ProMedia 0x00484a3b PMClip::getFrame(PCTimeValue const&, PCTimeValue const&, PMFrameRequest&, PCBitmap*) + 459
29 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x00712518 OZFootage::readRawFrame(PMLayerDescription const&, PCTimeValue const&, PCTimeValue const&, PMFrameRequest&, PGImageRefTemplate<PCBitmap>&) + 328
30 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x00712d1b OZFootage::loadBitmapHelium(OZRenderParams&, PMFrameRequest const&, PMLayerDescription const&, PCTimeValue const&, PCTimeValue const&, bool) + 1547
31 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x00714f2d OZFootage::getCachedBitmap(OZRenderParams&, PMFrameRequest const&, PMLayerDescription const&, PCTimeValue const&, PCTimeValue const&, PCHash128 const&, bool) + 877
32 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x00715ed5 OZFootage::getBitmap(OZRenderParams&, PMFrameRequest const&, PCHash128 const&) + 421
33 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x0071751f OZFootage::getTexture(OZRenderParams&, PMFrameRequest const&, PCHash128 const&) + 3055
34 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x007185ff OZFootage::getPCImage(OZRenderParams&, PMFrameRequest const&, long*) + 1551
35 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x00718c21 OZFootage::getHeliumGraph(OZRenderParams&, PMFrameRequest const&, HGRenderer*, long*, bool) + 129
36 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x007429c1 OZImageElement::getRetimedHeliumGraph(OZRenderParams&, OZFootage*, OZRenderParams&, PMFrameRequest&, HGRenderer*, long*) + 225
37 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x00743bc9 OZImageElement::getHeliumGraph(OZRenderParams&, HGRenderer*) + 233
38 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x00bbba97 OZImageNodeRender::getHelium(LiAgent&) + 871
39 com.apple.Lithium 0x01639715 LiAgent::getHelium(LiImageSource*) + 4789
40 com.apple.Lithium 0x0164b692 LiPolygonInstance::makeNode(LiClipSet const&) + 1682
41 com.apple.Lithium 0x0167c111 LiRenderInstance::collectGeode(LiGeode*, LiCollectState&) + 929
42 com.apple.Lithium 0x0167cf01 LiRenderInstance::collect3D(LiSceneObject*, LiCollectState&) + 1521
43 com.apple.Lithium 0x0167d3a8 LiRenderInstance::collect3D(LiSceneObject*, LiCollectState&) + 2712
44 com.apple.Lithium 0x0167d3a8 LiRenderInstance::collect3D(LiSceneObject*, LiCollectState&) + 2712
45 com.apple.Lithium 0x0167f4b5 LiRenderInstance::collectPolygons(LiSceneObject*, LiPtrArray<LiPolygonInstance>&) + 1509
46 com.apple.Lithium 0x0167fd35 LiRenderInstance::collect() + 949
47 com.apple.Lithium 0x0167ff91 LiRenderInstance::buildHeliumGraph(LiAgent&) + 529
48 com.apple.Lithium 0x01680a3e LiRenderInstance::getHelium(LiAgent&) + 270
49 com.apple.Lithium 0x015d6ac3 LiRenderer::getHelium(LiAgent&) + 51
...etc

Answer 1

Offhand, I'm gonna say that your pics are of too high a resolution, just like Motion said.
You're limited in the size of pics you can use in Motion. Because the program leverages the gfx card, you should keep picture resolutions within the boundries of your card's texture limit. Typically this is 4000px, but can be 2000px with lower-end cards. Some high-end cards have an 8k limit, but most are around 4k.
Also, your pics need to be RGB mode. Grayscale, CMYK, and other modes can crash Motion or create weird behavior.
Andy