Installing

Installation

In general, we build our installers to automatically place the plug-ins and associated software in the right place on your hard drive. This means that the next time you launch your host application that the plug-in will be loaded and ready to go.

Please make sure that you shut down the host application you will use the plug-in with before installing.

Decompression Software

This is needed to decompress the .Zip or .Sit package that is downladed. Many free versions are available and some OS's have this feature built in. Here are a few free versions that are available: The Unarchiver, StuffIt Expander, 7-Zip, Win-Zip.

Installing on Windows

Individual installers for each product and host application is required, though all of our new products from 2007 on have all the installers in the same package .zip file.

The default path can be changed manually during installation process if necessary.

Installing on Mac OS X

All new installers come with a a multi-host installer which allows you to download one installer and in install in any of the supported host applications. You choose your host application during the install process.

Some older products feature installers that are packaged individually for each host application.

Authorizing the Software

All software ships as a demo version so you will need to enter the serial code that you received via e-mail from Red Giant Software. During installation when you see a screen with five entry boxes labeled "Serial Number", type the number in exactly as it appears in our e-mail and the software will then be ready to use. Most of our plug-ins can be registed within the host application they were installed for. First apply the plug-in within the host application, open its effect controls and then click the "options" button and register