Knoll Light Factory

2.7

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System Requirements

Our tests have shown that the our products perform best when used with the system configurations listed below. Although many of our products will run on older or less-powerful systems, those listed below are the minimum system requirements which we support.

Apple Macintosh

Mac OSX 10.4.11 and later

Mac Intel
1 GB of RAM
30 MB of Hard Drive space

PC / Windows

Windows XP SP1 or later

Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or faster (or AMD equivalent)
1 GB of RAM
30 MB of Hard Drive space

Host Applications

Knoll Light Factory runs in a variety of host applications. Each purchase and serial number allows the owner to use the product on more than one host application, but only on a single computer at any one time. Except where noted, the features are the same in all systems and host applications.

Adobe After Effects CS5, CS4, CS3
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, CS4, CS3*
Apple Final Cut Pro 7, 6, 5.1.4
Apple Motion 3.02, 4
Avid Xpress Pro/Media Composer 5.6+,2.6+

* Knoll Light Factory for Adobe Premiere Pro runs on Windows OS only.

Please ensure that the host version is compatible with your operating system. Check with application provider for specifics.

Host OS	After Effects 6.5	After Effects 7	After Effects CS3	After Effects CS4	After Effects CS5
Mac 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Mac Intel
Mac PowerPC
Windows 7 32-bit
Windows 7 64-bit
Windows Vista 32-bit
Windows Vista 64-bit
Windows XP

- Compatible with All Host Application Versions

- Not compatible with the Host Application

Host OS	Premiere Pro CS3	Premiere Pro CS4	Premiere Pro CS5
Mac 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Mac Intel
Mac PowerPC
Windows 7 32-bit
Windows 7 64-bit
Windows Vista 32-bit
Windows Vista 64-bit
Windows XP

- Compatible with All Host Application Versions

- Not compatible with the Host Application

Host OS	Final Cut Express 4.0	Final Cut Pro 5.1.4	Final Cut Pro 6	Final Cut Pro 7
Mac 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Mac Intel
Mac PowerPC
Windows 7 32-bit
Windows 7 64-bit
Windows Vista 32-bit
Windows Vista 64-bit
Windows XP

- Compatible with All Host Application Versions

- Not compatible with the Host Application

Host OS	Motion 3.0.2	Motion 4
Mac 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Mac Intel
Mac PowerPC
Windows 7 32-bit
Windows 7 64-bit
Windows Vista 32-bit
Windows Vista 64-bit
Windows XP

- Compatible with All Host Application Versions

- Not compatible with the Host Application

Host OS	Avid Media Composer 2.6	Avid Media Composer 2.7	Avid Media Composer 3.0	Avid Xpress Pro 5.6	Avid Xpress Pro 5.7
Mac 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Mac Intel
Mac PowerPC
Windows 7 32-bit
Windows 7 64-bit
Windows Vista 32-bit
Windows Vista 64-bit
Windows XP

- Compatible with All Host Application Versions

- Not compatible with the Host Application

Video Cards

Knoll Light Factory can use the graphics card to accelerate rendering.

Knoll Light Factory supports a wide range of cards from both ATI or NVIDIA. For ATI cards, we require a 9600 XT or greater, or an X series card starting with the X700 series. Cards with greater model numbers and at least 128 MB of RAM can be used to render Knoll Light Factory effects.

For NVIDIA cards, we support the 6600 model and higher or QuadroFX 1300 and up. Cards with higher model numbers and a minimum of 128 MB of RAM can run Knoll Light Factory. For users working with HD images, we require that the video card have at least 256 MB of RAM. In all cases, we suggest using the latest video drivers for your graphics card.

We do NOT support Intel GMA processor found on many lower priced laptop computers.

Performance Expectations

Since the processing requirements vary wildly by the number of tools in a look, it is difficult to give exact output or render speed expectations on every system with every lens flare. On the highest-end systems such as a Mac Pro or PC workstation with the Quadro 5000 series of graphic cards, you can expect very speedy rendering.

For comparison, in After Effects CS3 running on Mac Pro 2008 3.2 GHz machine, Knoll Light Factory can render the preset "Red Super Fan" at between 7-8 frames per second using a single CPU. This Mac Pro ships with the ATI 2600 XT. Using the ATI GPU to render the same preset results in a speed of 18-19 fps. The speed is approximately 2.8x faster.