Grass Valley After Effects Plug-in Vertigo Suite v.4.9 - Manual (Page 6)

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Introducing Miranda’s After Effects Plug-in
Installing Miranda’s After Effects Plug-in
The After Effects Plug-in is packaged with the Vertigo Suite software’s installation wizard. It
can be installed as part of the full installation or as an individual (standalone) component
(figure
1-1 ). In both cases, you simply need to run the installation wizard on the workstation
where the Adobe After Effects software is installed.
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The After Effects Plug-in for CS3 and CS4 is only available from the 32-bit version of the Vertigo
Suite installer. Similarly, the After Effects Plug-in for CS5, CS5.5 and CS6 are only available in
the 64-bit version of the Vertigo Suite installer.
Figure 1-1. The Miranda After Effects Plug-in
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When running Adobe After Effects and the Vertigo After Effects Plug-in on Windows 7, you
must be logged on as Administrator.
Once the After Effects Plug-in is installed, start the Adobe After Effects application and then
load or create a new After Effects project.
To verify that the Miranda After Effects Plug-in has been installed and is present in the After
Effects application:
1.
Select the F ILE >E XPORT menu command.
2. Confirm that both the M IRANDA A NIMATION and M IRANDA A NIMATION (M ERGE M ODE )
commands are displayed.
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The Miranda Animation command will be disabled (gray) until a valid After Effects project is
loaded and a composition is selected.
The first time that you run the After Effects Plug-in, you will be prompted for a license code.
Please contact a Miranda Technical Support representative to request an After Effects Plug-
in license code.