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Chapter 4, Installing Your Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Software
4 When the Matrox X.tools software installation is complete, you’ll be
prompted to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
5 Click OK to restart your computer. You can then register your Matrox
RT.X100 Xtreme as explained in the next section.
3. Register your RT.X100 Xtreme
When your computer restarts, you can choose Register your RT.X product
from the RT.X menu to register your RT.X100 Xtreme online. You must register
your RT.X100 Xtreme in order to be eligible for customer support and free
software updates.
If you don’t want to register at this time, you can register later by choosing
Start > Programs > Matrox X.tools > Register Your RT.X Product. You
can also register in the RT.X Support section of our web site at
www.matrox.com/videoweb/support.
4. Install additional software from the RT.X
menu
After installing Matrox X.tools, you can choose to install additional software
from the RT.X menu at any time, including Matrox WYSIWYG (What You See
Is What You Get) plug-ins and Matrox Effect add-ons:
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Adobe After Effects plug-in Lets you display the contents of your
Composition window in Adobe After Effects (version 4.0 or later) on your
video monitor.
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3ds max plug-in Lets you display your 3ds max (version 4.0) animation
on your video monitor.
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LightWave 3D plug-in Lets you display your LightWave 3D (version 6.0
or later) animation on your video monitor. Once you’ve installed this
plug-in, you’ll need to add it to LightWave 3D as explained in the next
section, “Adding the Matrox plug-in to LightWave 3D.”
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Matrox Effect add-ons Includes many additional effects for your
RT.X100 Xtreme system, such as ripples, mesh warps, and twirls. These
effects will be added to your other realtime Matrox effects for Adobe
Premiere. For details on how to set up an add-on effect, see the effect’s
online Help (available in English only).
¦NoteTo install the Matrox plug-in for a program, you must first install that
program (such as 3ds max).