Installing and Authorizing Digieffects Plugins
When you purchase a Digieffects plugin, you receive both a download link and a serial number. Download the appropriate Digieffects plugin package to your desktop. This package will be in the form of a ".zip" file. Once you've downloaded this file, double click it to extract the contents which will be a folder. In this folder you will have an installer and other relevant materials such as a Read Me, sample video, a tutorial and preset
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Double click the installer. The installer should have ".dmg" appended to the file name. The file name should be the name of your purchased plugin. A window will open up and next to the Digieffects corporate logo will be an icon of a hard drive. Double click the hard drive icon and follow the installation instructions. Your Digieffects plugins will be installed into all supported host applications installed on your computer.
To manually install your plugins, see the host application specific information below. You can also follow the paths described to delete (uninstall) Digieffects plugins when necessary. All Digieffects plugins are by default initially installed and stored in the following folder: Macintosh HD/Applications/Digieffects.
Adobe After Effects
Copy the entire Digieffects plug-in folder and its contents to the "Plug-ins" folder located at Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe After Effects (CS3 or 7.0)/Plug-ins.
To serialize your Digieffects software in After Effects, apply an effect (e.g. Damage Skew) to your project. Go to the Effect Controls window and then click the Options button within the applied effect (in this case, Damage Skew). A window will emerge prompting you to either Purchase, Register or use the software in Demo mode. If you already have purchased a serial number enter it in this window, click on Register and you are now using a fully authorized version of the software.
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
Copy the entire Digieffects plugin folder and its contents to the "Plug-ins" folder. To access this folder , go to the Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 application icon (located at Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe Premiere Pro CS3/Adobe Premiere Pro CS3), right click and highlight "Show Package Contents". This will open a folder called "Adobe Premiere Pro CS3". From here you will follow the path Adobe Premiere Pro CS3/Contents/Plug-ins/en_US where you will copy the entire Digieffects plugin folder and its contents to this folder.
To serialize your Digieffects software in Adobe Premiere Pro, apply an effect (e.g. Damage Artifact) to your project. In the Effect Controls window, double click on the Setup icon of the applied effect (in this case, Damage Artifact). A window will emerge prompting you to either Purchase, Register or use the software in Demo mode. If you already have purchased a serial number enter it in this window, click on Register and you are now using a fully authorized version of the software.
Apple Final Cut Pro
Copy the individual Digieffects plugins (not the entire Digieffects plugin folder) to the "Plugins" folder located at Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Pro System Support/Plugins.
To serialize your Digieffects software in Final Cut Pro 6 apply an effect (e.g. Damage Blockade) to your project. Double click on the applied effect (in this case, Damage Blockade) in the Effects tab in the Browser window. The effect will emerge in the Viewer window under the Filters tab. Click the Options button and a window will emerge prompting you to either Purchase, Register or use the software in Demo mode. If you already have purchased a serial number enter it in this window, click on Register and you are now using a fully authorized version of the software.
Autodesk Combustion 4
Copy the entire Digeffects plugin folder to the "Plugins" folder located at Macintosh HD/Applications/Combustion 4/Plugins.
To serialize your Digieffects software in Autodesk Combustion 4 apply an effect (e.g. Damage Interference) to your project. Select (highlight) the effect in the Workspace panel, or double click on the effect inside the Schematics window, and then click the Options button. A window will emerge prompting you to either Purchase, Register or use the software in Demo mode. If you already have purchased a serial number enter it in this window, click on Register and you are now using a fully authorized version of the software.
If you have any questions during the installation or registration procedure please contact us at support@digieffects.com
Double click the installer. The installer should have ".exe" appended to the file name. The file name should be the name of your purchased plugin. A window will open up and ask you to Run the installer. Click Run and follow the installation instructions. Your Digieffects plugins will be installed into all supported host applications that you would like for it to be installed.
To manually install your plugins, see the host application specific information below. You can also follow the paths described to delete (uninstall) Digieffects plugins when necessary. All Digieffects plugins are by default initially installed and stored in the following folder: C:/Program Files/.
Adobe After Effects
Copy the entire Digieffects plug-in folder to the "Plug-ins" folder located at :/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe After Effects (CS3 or 7.0)/Support Files/Plug-ins.
To serialize your Digieffects software in After Effects, apply an effect (e.g. Damage Skew) to your project. Go to the Effect Controls window and then click the Options button within the applied effect (in this case, Damage Skew). A window will emerge prompting you to either Purchase, Register or use the software in Demo mode. If you already have purchased a serial number enter it in this window, click on Register and you are now using a fully authorized version of the software.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Copy the entire Digieffects plugin folder to the "en_US" folder located at C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Premiere Pro (CS3 or 2.0)/Plug-ins/en_US.
To serialize your Digieffects software in Premiere Pro, apply an effect (e.g. Damage Artifact) to your project. In the Effect Controls window, double click on the Setup icon of the applied effect (in this case, Damage Artifact). A window will emerge prompting you to either Purchase, Register or use the software in Demo mode. If you already have purchased a serial number enter it in this window, click on Register and you are now using a fully authorized version of the software.
Autodesk Combustion
Copy the entire Digieffects plugin folder to the "Plugins" folder located at C:\Program Files\Autodes\Combustion\Plugins.
To serialize your Digieffects software in Combustion apply an effect (e.g. Damage Interference) to your project. Select (highlight) the effect in the Workspace panel, or double-click on the effect inside the Schematics window, and then click the Options button. A window will emerge prompting you to either Purchase, Register or use the software in Demo mode. If you already have purchased a serial number enter it in this window, click on Register and you are now using a fully authorized version of the software.
Additional notes: (For all hosts)
Once the serialization is complete, the Options button will no longer cause the registration window to pop up. Instead, it will have the same function as the About button.
If you have any questions during the installation or registration procedure please contact us at support@digieffects.com