# KnockOut 2 Readme Notes

## System Requirements

## Installation Notes

## KnockOut 2 Application Notes

System Requirements:

- Windows(R) 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Me or Windows XP

- IBM-compatible PC, Pentium(R) 200 or higher

- Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 5 or higher (or compatible host)

- 128 MB RAM [3X image size (RGB + Alpha) recommended]

- 30 MB or greater available hard disk space

- SVGA monitor with 24-bit color display adapter

- 2X CD-ROM drive

- Mouse or tablet

Host Applications:

KnockOut 2 is only supported for the following host applications

- Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 5

- Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 5.5

- Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 6

- Corel PHOTO-PAINT(TM) 8

- Corel PHOTO-PAINT(R) 9

- Corel PHOTO-PAINT(R) 10

- Corel(R) Painter(TM) 6.1

- Painter 7(TM)

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Installation Notes:

Tip: Make sure you meet the minimum system requirements and you have no open applications (including any running in the background, such as anti-virus software, crash monitoring software, and system diagnostic software).

1. Insert the KnockOut 2 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

2. The KnockOut 2 Intro screen will appear. (If this function is disabled on you computer browse to "My Computer" and double click on your CD-ROM Drive) Click the "Install KnockOut 2" option.

3. The KnockOut 2 welcome screen will appear, click "Next" to continue.

4. Read the License Agreement and if you agree to the terms of the license click "Yes".

5. Enter you Name and Serial Number and click "Next".

6. Select "Typical" or "Custom" and click "Next". If you selected "Custom" you can now choose the components to install.

7. Select the Program Files Destination folder (We suggest leaving the path to default) and click "Next".

8. Setup prompts you to locate your Plug-ins folder. This folder is likely within the Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) application folder, or within the folder of a compatible host such as Corel PHOTO-PAINT(R) , or Painter 7(TM) .

9. When you have a complete path statement ending with your Plug-ins folder, click the "OK" button.

10. Click "Next" to continue.

11. You are now at the Current Settings page. You have the choice to start the install or go back and make modifications.

12. Click "Next" to begin the installation.

After completing the installation, run the host application, such as Adobe(R) Photoshop(R), Corel PHOTO-PAINT(R) , or Painter 7(TM), and choose the KnockOut 2 plug-in from within the "Filter" or "Effects" menu.

NOTE: To run KnockOut from multiple host applications, KnockOut needs to be installed to each of the host application plug-in folders.

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## KnockOut 2 Application Notes

General

- You may experience some color shifting when an image/layer is loaded into KnockOut 2. The layer is applied back to the host application correctly.
- Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 - When you use Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 as a host, images brought into KnockOut experience a large color shift. This is due to the fact that Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 gives KnockOut the RGB color information in a different order than KnockOut is expecting, thus creating a discrepancy in the display of the image. The image is applied back to Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 correctly.

Memory

- 128 MB of RAM is the minimum requirement to run the application. However, for larger images make sure you have a total of at least 3 times the image size in available memory (either real or virtual memory).

Load Working Layer

- To load a working layer, a valid layer (not the background) must be selected. If the image you want to knock out is part of the background you must either copy the image to a valid layer or duplicate the background to create a valid layer.
- Painter - To avoid data corruption in Painter, layers must first be dropped to the canvas and then copied and pasted to create a new a layer prior to loading the working layer in KnockOut
- Layer transparency should not be locked. Because KnockOut works with transparency information on a layer, locking the layer transparency could cause undesirable results.

Load Saved Project

- Before loading a saved project you must create and select and empty layer. Make sure that this empty layer is large enough to accommodate the image to be knocked out. If the layer is not big enough, the image will be cropped.
- When loading a saved project, ensure that the current project is in the same color mode as the saved project being loaded. If they are not, then image corruption will occur when returning to host application. For example, if your current project is in CMYK, and saved project is in RGB, then the image will be corrupted when applied back to the host application.

Applying image to host application

- The plug-in will not automatically create an alpha channel. When the image is brought back to the host, you can create a mask channel containing the transparency information of the image and shadow combined. For instructions on how to create this channel, please refer to the KnockOut documentation.

Help

- Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader(R) is required to view some of the user documentation.

Tutorials

- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or higher, or Netscape 4.6 or higher is required to view the tutorials.

Quick Tour Movie

- The KnockOut 2 Quick Tour provides an overview of the features and functionality of KnockOut 2. You can view the KnockOut 2 Quick Tour movie from the root of the KnockOut 2 CD-ROM.
- QuickTime(R) is required to view the KnockOut 2 Quick Tour.

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Trial Versions, Academic Versions and OEM Versions
If this product is designated as a Trial Version, Academic Version or OEM Version the following will apply to this product.
All components including Corel applications, third party utilities and features are not available in our Trial Versions, Academic Versions or OEM Versions. However, some of these components might still be referred to within the applications and within the documentation.