General Information

Some Red Giant products require or use the video card (GPU) for rendering purposes. In general, this is done to accelerate the rendering of effects while delivering the visual identical results. We recommend cards from Nvidia and ATI for graphics rendering. Intel Integrated Graphics processors as found in the Apple Macbook and other notebook systems are specifically Not supported for use with our products.  Most Red Giant products that require a video card for rendering will fall back to CPU rendering when there is no GPU or if the graphics card doesn't meet the product's minimum specs. GPU performance is much better when using a graphics card, and we support a wide variety.

Currently, Knoll Light Factory, Magic Bullet Colorista, Magic Bullet Looks, Magic Bullet PhotoLooks, Magic Bullet Quick Looks and Magic Bullet Quick Looks Limited use the graphics card to accelerate rendering. In the case of Magic Bullet Colorista, PhotoLooks, Quick Looks and Quick Looks Limited, the products require a compatible graphics card or they will not render any output. To see the specific video card requirements, click the following links to the product compatibility pages for Knoll Light Factory, Magic Bullet Colorista, Magic Bullet Looks, Magic Bullet PhotoLooks and Magic Bullet Quick Looks.

Driver Updates

Before contacting Red Giant Software for support related to your video card please make sure that you have installed the latest video drivers for your system.

Mac OS X

On Mac OS X, version 10.5.2 and later now requires separate driver updates from the operating system updates. Check on the Apple Support website for updates related to your graphic drivers.

Windows

You will need to download and install the driver updates from the Nvidia and ATI website directly.

Minimum Video Card Requirements

• AMD/ATI: 9600 XT or greater; X1600 or greater.
• Nvidia: GeForce 6600 or greater; Quadro FX 1300 or greater.
• VRAM: 256MB suggested when working in standard definition resolutions.  512MB is required when working in high definition resolutions.  If you have two monitors and are working in HD resolution, we suggest that the video card have at least 1GB of VRAM.