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4 Channel Composer: getting started

4.1 System Requirements (Mac)

A Mac computer with a multi-core Intel processor (64-bit).

Mac OS X v10.6 (Snow Leopard) or later.

Memory: 4GB of RAM.

Video card:

o 512MB of VRAM or more.
o OpenGL 2.1 and the following OpenGL extensions:

EXT_framebuffer_multisample

EXT_framebuffer_blit

ARB_texture_rectangle

APPLE_flush_buffer_range

o NOT recommended: Nvidia Quadro cards.
o Recommended: ATI Radeon HD5670 or better, Nvidia Geforce GT320 or better.

A USB-dongle with a Channel Composer license.


[See the following link for an overview of the OpenGL support on Mac OS X for your system and video

card: http://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/opengl/capabilities/]
[See the readme included with the installation image for most recent requirements.]

4.2 Installation Mac

Double-click the Channel Composer image (.dmg file) to mount the disk image.

The disk image icon appears on the desktop and the next window opens.

Install the dongle driver (SentinelSystemDriver).

Drag the Channel Composer icon on the Applications folder, to copy Channel Composer to your

Applications folder.

You can now start Channel Composer from the Applications folder.