Render Settings

Hello All.
I am building out a Motion Graphic for LED. The specs provdided said the final animation should be 14,032x48. I have built out a smaller animation that I was just planning to step-and-repeat to fill out the 14,032.
However, when I try to set up the project with the above specs, I get the message that my 'hardware cannot support a project of this size. Try reducing the resolution of the project.'
Is there a way around this in Motion? I can get the settings to work in After Effects, so I can easily fall back on that, but I would like to keep this workflow in Motion.
Any input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

This is because Motion utilizes the GPU (your graphics card) for everything. This gives it speed.
However, the maximum texture that the cards can use (it's a hardware limitation) is 2K for ATI cards and 4K for NVIDIA.
Great info on it here:
http://www.motionsmarts.com/tutorials/nutsandbolts/sizematters.html

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