Check Your Hardware System Requirements

To use the AstroFlat Pro plug-in, you must be running a compatible image editor program on a PC system that meets the hardware and software requirements below.


Hardware Requirements

Your PC's CPU must support the SSE2 instruction set (available on all Intel and AMD processors since about 2003).

While we advertise no specific minimum RAM requirement, the more RAM you have, the larger the images you'll be able to process.


Operating System Requirements

AstroFlat Pro will run on any of the following Windows 32 and 64 bit operating systems.

Please note that Windows Vista, XP, and earlier are NOT supported.


OpenGL Requirements

AstroFlat Pro uses OpenGL to process and display your image. This allows both better display quality and faster performance via GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) acceleration.

AstroFlat Pro can only run on systems supporting OpenGL version 2.1 or greater with Frame Buffer Object support and 3 or more texture units (features provided by virtually all modern OpenGL implementations). Downloading and installing the latest display drivers from the web site of the maker of your graphics card or embedded GPU can often improve OpenGL performance and stability.

Please note that this plug-in will refuse to run if the display driver in your system does not provide support for OpenGL version 2.1 or greater along with Frame Buffer Object support and at least 3 texture units.


Image Editors

You can use the AstroFlat Pro plug-in with Adobe® Photoshop® or other image editors that support Adobe® Photoshop® compatible 8BF style filter plug-ins, but be aware that some image editors support 8BF plug-ins more thoroughly than others.

There are many fine image editors available and we simply haven't been able to test them all. If your image editor is not one of the those that we have tested and found compatible, we recommend that you take advantage of our "Try Before You Buy" offer to test AstroFlat Pro with your image editor.

The following image editors have been tested and found to be compatible with AstroFlat Pro:

We have made every effort to make AstroFlat Pro compatible with every editor that provides an interface to 8BF-sytle plug-ins. As we test for compatibility with additional editors we will list them. If you have an editor that supports 8BF plug-ins and it's not listed, please let us know. It is our intent to make our product compatible with all major photo editors that support 8BF plug-ins.