EXPOSURE by Alien Skin: System Requirements

Alien Skin's Exposure using Fuji Velvia 100VS film stock setting

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Exposure
by Alien Skin

System Requirements
August 7, 2006

Exposure Introduction • Settings • Preview Window • Color • Tone
Focus • Grain • System Requirements • Exposure Conclusion

System Requirements

Host Requirements

Adobe Photoshop 7 or later

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 or later

Corel Paint Shop Pro 9 or later

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 or later

System Requirements

Macintosh

1GHz PowerPC G4 processor

512MB RAM

Mac OS X 10.3.8 or later

Windows Systems

2GHz Pentium 4 processor

512MB RAM

Windows 2000 or Windows XP

A Word About System Requirements

Alien Skin's official system requirements are above, but I would like to add some of my own. First, I'd like to preface the requirements with a little discussion. Windows XP has been around for quite some time now. While Windows 2000 is certainly more stable than any other previously released operating system, it is still not as stable as Windows XP. I know this because I've used Windows 2000 extensively and was actually hesitant to migrate to Windows XP Pro. Once I did, I never looked back.

DigitalDingus Recommended Windows System (Setup 1)

2GHz Pentium 4 processor

2GB RAM

Windows XP Home

DigitalDingus Recommended Windows System (Setup 2)

Pentium D processor

2GB RAM

Windows XP Pro

DigitalDingus Recommended Windows System (Setup 3)

Dual Xeon 3.6GHz processor

2GB+ RAM

Windows XP Pro

Probably most of you have Setup 1 with a Pentium 4 processor. If you don't have a 2GHz or higher processor, please get one. They are ridiculously cheap these days. I highly encourage you to also upgrade your RAM to at least 2GB. You will need Photoshop 7 or later to run Exposure, so by definition, you should have at least 1GB already. Memory is not that expensive, especially if you're purchasing DDR. DDR2 modules are a little more pricey but remember, it will pay off in the long run.

Windows Vista?

Currently, Vista is still in Beta (some of you may have even signed up for the test CD or download) and will be released sometime in early 2007. DigitalDingus has acquired the Beta CD and may release a review of it in the future (potentially around late October). Until then, I hesitate to say whether or not Vista will be a reliable operating system as XP Home and XP Pro are.