SynthEyes System Requirements
Recommended Minimum PC Configuration
- Intel or AMD "x86" processor with SSE2, such as a Core/Core 2 Duo, Athlon 64, Opteron, or Pentium 4. Older Pentium 3 and Athlon XP and MP processors will not work, sorry.
- Windows XP, Vista. Supports XP's 3GB mode.
- 32-bit version runs under Windows XP 64 Pro or 64-bit Vista. A separate native 64-bit SynthEyes version is available at a slight extra cost.
- 1GB RAM typical, 512 MB suggested minimum RAM. 2+ GB typical for pro, HD, and film users. 4+ GB strongly recommended for 8-core systems.
- 3-button Mouse/trackball with middle scroll wheel/button. There are UI features, including click-on/click-off to help tablet users.
- 1024x768 or larger display, 32 bit color, with OpenGL support. Large multi-head configurations require graphics cards with sufficient memory.
- DirectX 9.0c or later recommended, required for DV and usually MPEG.
- Quicktime 5 or later recommended, required to read .mov files.
- Approx 20 MB disk space to install.
Recommended Minimum Mac Configuration:
- Intel Mac, G5 or G4 PowerPC Mac.
- 1GB RAM typical, 512 MB suggested minimum RAM. 2+ GB typical for pro, HD, and film users. 4+ GB strongly recommended for 8-core systems.
- 1024x768 or larger display, 32 bit color, with OpenGL support. Large multi-head configurations require graphics cards with sufficient memory.
- 3 button mouse/trackball with scroll wheel. There are some UI features to help tablet users.
- Mac OSX 10.4 or 10.5 Leopard. Leopard with 4 or 8-core processors, be sure to use 10.5.3 or later, which fixes a OS X bug, resulting in substantially improved multicore performance.
- Approx 30 MB disk space to install.
Recommended Minimum User Configuration & Fine Print:
- A user familiar with general 3-D animation techniques such as keyframing.
- A supported 3-D animation or compositing package to export paths and points to. Can be on a different machine or operating system.
- The Mac versions can read PC files, and vice versa.
- PC, Win64, and OS X licenses are separate (3 separate licenses); it is not a cross-platform or floating license, read more about multiple installs.