Built by ILM’s Chief Creative Officer, John Knoll, Knoll Light Factory creates camera-inspired, photo-realistic lens flares for the visual effects and motion graphics pro.
Using Knoll Light Factory, it's never been easier to add stunning lens flares to you footage.
Adobe After Effects CC 2018 and later
Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018 and later
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The minimum GPU required is an Intel HD 5000 integrated graphics chip. Of course, newer and faster discrete GPU components from AMD and Nvidia will yield faster performance.
- For Nvidia, we recommend 9xx series graphics cards or newer; mobile GPUs; or the professional series Quadro cards.
- For AMD, we recommend 200 series graphics cards or newer; mobile GPUs; or the professional series FireGL cards.
VRAM size requirements: For HD resolution output, we recommend that your GPU have at least 2 GB of memory. If you are planning on doing high-resolution project in 4K or more, we recommend a GPU with at least 4 GB of memory.
Any CPU from Intel or AMD is supported.
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**Redshift currently only supports CUDA-compatible NVidia GPUs on Windows. Support for Metal on MacOS is currently in development.
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