ULTIMATTE Plug-in Modules for Adobe Premiere Version 2.0.1 4/15/97 These Disks contain the Ultimatte Plugin Modules for Adobe Premiere for Windows 95 and Windows NT. There are three Plugin’s, Ultimatte Image Compositer, Ultimatte Screen Correction, and Ultimatte Grain Killer. The three plugin modules have a .prm file extension. There are also three help files that correspond to each of the plugin modules. The three help modules have a .hlp file extension. Installation of the Plugins under both Windows 95 and Windows NT consists of copying these three files into the "Plugins" folder of Adobe Premiere. The three help files can be copied anywhere on your hard disk. You might consider putting them into the plugins folder as well. Copy these six files from the floppy disk to the plugins folder of Adobe Premiere. FX-ULTIM.prm FX-SCRCR.prm FL-GKILL.prm Ultimatte.hlp ScreenCorrect.hlp GrainKiller.hlp The Ultimatte plugin modules are protected by a hardware key that attaches to the parallel port of your computer. The following section describes how to install the hardware key and driver software. Sentinel Drivers Version 5.17 This section describes the installation procedures for all Sentinel system drivers. See the appropriate section for the procedure about the driver that you are installing. ------------------------------------------------ Contents ------------------------------------------------ 1.0 Sentinel Key installation 2.0 Windows NT Driver Installation Procedure 2.1 Windows NT Driver Configuration 2.2 Windows NT Driver Un-install 3.0 Windows 95 Driver Installation Procedure 3.1 Windows 95 Driver Configuration 3.2 Windows 95 Driver Un-install ------------------------------------------------ 1.0 Sentinel key installation ------------------------------------------------ 1. To install a SentinelPro key, attach it to the parallel printer port of an IBM PC/XT/AT or true IBM-compatible computer. Typically the key is attached to LPT1. ------------------------------------------------ 2.0 Windows NT Driver Installation Procedure ------------------------------------------------ 1. Make a backup copy of the diskette. 2. Under the Microsoft Windows NT Main group, double click on "Command Prompt". 3. Change drive to the floppy drive contains the Portable Driver Diskette. In case of the floppy diskette distribution, change the current directory to \WIN_NT. In case of the CD-ROM distribution, change the current directory to \PRODUCT\DRIVERS\WIN_NT. 4. Type "INSTALL.BAT" at the command prompt. There are two command line options: (See the INSTALL.BAT file for examples.) 1. /q Quiet mode. Normal dialogs described below are not displayed. Error messages are displayed. 2. /pxxx Path, where xxx is the path of files to be installed. Specify the path of files to be installed. Otherwise, files will be copied from the default directory. 5. A window with the title bar "Sentinel Driver Setup Program" is displayed. 6. Select "Functions" and then "Install Sentinel Driver" from the menu bar. 7. A dialog box with the default path for the NT driver is displayed. Change the drive letter if necessary and click "OK". 8. The Sentinel Driver and associated files are copied to the hard disk. One of the DLLs, SNTI386.DLL, SNTMIPS.DLL, SNTALPHA.DLL, or SNTPPC.DLL and SENTTEMP.HLP are copied to \%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32. SENTTEMP.SYS is copied to the file \%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\SENTINEL.SYS. %SYSTEMROOT% is the directory where Microsoft Windows NT has been installed. 9. If the driver installation is successful, a dialog box with the message "Sentinel Driver Files Copied Successfully" is displayed. 10. When complete, a dialog box with the message "Driver Installed! Restart your system" is displayed. 11. Click "OK" to continue. 12. Restart your computer. ------------------------------------------------- 2.1 Windows NT Driver Configuration Procedure ------------------------------------------------- If your system setting has been changed and you would like to reconfigure the Sentinel Driver, perform the following steps. 1. Under the Microsoft Windows NT Main group, double click on "Control Panel". 2. Under the Control Panel double click on "Drivers". 3. Select "Sentinel for i386 System" in the installed driver list box. 4. Click the "Setup" button. 5. Click the "Edit" button to edit an existing parallel port setting or click the "Add" button to add a new parallel port setting. Select "OK" after you finish the port configuration. 6. A dialog box with the message "Your driver setting has changed" is displayed. You will need to exit and restart Windows NT so that the new setting can take effect." 7. If you have any other application running at the background with unsaved data, choose "Don't Restart Now". Quit all the application and restart Windows NT, Otherwise select "Restart Now". ------------------------------------------------ 2.2 Windows NT Driver Un-install ------------------------------------------------ 1. Under the Microsoft Windows NT Main group, double click on "Command Prompt". 2. Change drive to the floppy drive contains the Portable Driver Diskette. In case of the floppy diskette distribution, change the current directory to \WIN_NT. In case of the CD-ROM distribution, change the current directory to \PRODUCT\DRIVERS\WIN_NT. 3. Run "INSTALL.BAT" from the command prompt. 1. Use Command-line options: (See the INSTALL.BAT file for examples.) /q /u - Quietly removes the existing driver. 2. Via Pull-down menu - Run INSTALL.BAT and select "Remove Sentinel Driver" from the "Function" menu. 4. When complete, a dialog box with the message "Sentinel Driver Removed" is displayed. 5. Click "OK" to continue. Note: Some files may not be removed until you restart your computer. ------------------------------------------------ 3.0 Windows 95 Driver Installation Procedure ------------------------------------------------ 1. Make a backup copy of the diskette. 2. Start Windows 95. Select "Run" from the Taskbar and run the file SENTW95.EXE in the \WIN_95 subdirectory on the driver diskette. There are two command line options: 1. /q Quiet mode. Normal dialogs described below are not displayed. Error messages are displayed. 2. /pxxx Path, where xxx is the path of files to be installed. Specify the path of files to be installed. Otherwise, files will be copied from the default directory. 3. Select "Install Sentinel Driver" from the "Functions" menu. 4. Click "OK" when the "Driver installed! Restart your system." message appears. Restart Windows 95. 5. The following files have been created on your hard disk: WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SENTINEL.VXD WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNBOSENT\SENTW95.EXE WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNBOSENT\SENTW95.DLL WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNBOSENT\SENTW95.HLP WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNBOSENT\SENTINEL.SAV ------------------------------------------------ 3.1 Windows 95 Driver Configuration ------------------------------------------------ 1. Start Windows 95. Select "Run" from the Taskbar and run the file SENTW95.EXE in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNBOSENT subdirectory. 2. Select "Configure Sentinel Driver" from the "Functions" menu. 3. Click the "Edit" button to edit an existing parallel port setting or click the "Add" button to add a new parallel port setting. Select "OK" after you finish the port configuration. 4. Restart Windows 95 for the changes to take effect. ------------------------------------------------ 3.2 Windows 95 Driver Un-install ------------------------------------------------ 1. Start Windows 95. Select "Run" from the Taskbar and run the file SENTW95.EXE in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNBOSENT subdirectory (or from the original distribution media). The driver can be removed via the command-line options or the pull-down menu. a. Command-line options: SENTW95 /q /u - Quietly removes the existing driver. b. Pull-down menu: Select "Remove Sentinel Driver" from the "Funtion" menu. 2. When complete, a dialog box with the message "Sentinel Driver Removed" is displayed. 3. Click "OK" to continue.