Hard Disc Capacity: 30 MB for a full program installation
It is recommended that the hard disk storage be greater than 100 MB, depending on the RAM available on your machine and the complexity of your 3D models.
Set Millions of colors for your screen.
QuickTime 2.5 or higher. QuickTime 3 recommended.
On Windows 95 or NT:
System: Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT 3.51 or NT 4.0
Required Processor: Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium Pro, Intel Pentium II or compatible.
RAM: 32 MB minimum; 64 MB (or more) recommended
Hard Disc Capacity: 30 MB for a full program installation
It is recommended that the hard disk storage be greater than 100 MB, depending on the RAM available on your machine and the complexity of your 3D models.
Video: 24-bit card recommended.
QuickTime 2.5 or higher. QuickTime 3 recommended.
Art•lantis 3.5 Installation :
You may install Art•lantis in one of two ways:
1) Using the Installer
Double-click on the installer icon in order to launch the installation.
Follow the directions given by the installer.
The Installer will automatically select the volume in which the program will be installed. You may choose a different volume before the installation takes place.
In the case of a Standard installation, the Installer will create a folder named Art•lantis 3.5. It will contain the following items:
• The Art•lantis 3.5 application.
• The Externals folder. This folder contains the necessary extentions for the application.
• The Plugs folder. The plugs in this folder are necessary for reading the different formats acceptable by Art•lantis. The folder must always reside at the same file level as the Art•lantis application.
• The Shaders folder, which contains the library of shaders.
• The tutorial Folder. This folder contains four (4) tutorials accompanied by a
PDF document.
After the first execution of the program, Art•lantis will create a folder named Scripts. This folder will contain the script files representing each of the deferred renderings issued by Art•lantis.
2) Installing with a simple drag-&-drop
You may also install Art•lantis by a simple drag-&-drop.
This solution is available for installing certain components of Art•lantis, which can be equally achieved using the Installer, mentioned above.
In this case, you need to copy the same elements described in the first installation method above.
Also, if you would like to see Art•lantis in a specific language, you need to copy the ART35.DEF file corresponding to the desired language. This file needs to be copied into the Externals folder.
Launching Art•lantis
On the MacOS environment only :
Before launching the application, we recommend that you increase the memory allocated to Art•lantis in the amount that is allowed by the memory available in your system.
On the Windows Operating System:
The management of memory takes place automatically on Windows.
QuickTime
Art•lantis utilizes QuickTime for the creation of animations. It also uses QuickTime VR for the creation of VR panoramas.
On MacOS, QuickTime is provided as a standard on your system.
On Windows, if QuickTime is not installed in your system already, you may use the QuickTime installer provided in the Utilities folder of the Art•lantis CD-ROM. In this folder you will also find a URL for downloading the latest version of QuickTime from the Apple website.
Recommendation :
This remarks only concerns the Art•lantis 3.0 users:
In Art•lantis 3.5, the structure of the shader library has been modified. If you would like to use the down-level 3.0 shader library with the new 3.5 version, Art•lantis 3.5 will propose an automatic conversion of the older library. This conversion is irreversible.
We strongly recommend that you make a backup of your old shader libraries before any conversion. This will allow you to still use them with the older version of Art•lantis if you so desire.
