To download Indigo, go to http://www.indigorenderer.com/download/ and select the appropriate version of Indigo for your platform (Windows, Macintosh or Linux). You should download the latest available version of Indigo, which will be listed at the top of the page.
Indigo will run on most modern computers (generally Pentium 4 or newer).
Please see the final section for GPU acceleration requirements and suggestions.
We recommend 512MB instead of 256MB as the minimum on Mac OS and Windows Vista/7 using the Aero desktop, since it uses more GPU memory for desktop window management.
If you are using an older GPU with relatively modest specifications, we encourage you to try the trial version before purchasing.
Download the newest version of Indigo for Windows, then double click the installer file.
You will be presented with the Indigo End User Licence Agreement. You should read through it and click "I Agree" if you agree with the terms.
We recommend you leave the check-boxes selected but you are able to disable each component if you have particular requirements on your system. Press Next to continue.
We recommend you use the default installation location, as most Indigo exporters will expect to find Indigo here – however you are able to change this path if you need to. Indigo will write a registry key that exporters will use to find Indigo automatically if Indigo is installed in a non-standard location. Press "Install" to complete the installation.
Once the installation has completed, you can find Indigo from the start menu under the "Indigo Renderer" or "Indigo RT" sub-menu, along with links to this manual and other program shortcuts for convenience.
tar -xzvf IndigoRenderer_x64_v3.4.18.tar.gz
This will extract the archive into the directory dist/IndigoRenderer_x64_v3.4.18
cd IndigoRenderer_x64_v3.4.18/ ./indigo_console -v
Which should print out something like
Indigo Renderer v3.4.18, Linux 64-bit build.
To run the graphical user interface, run ./indigo.
You are now ready to run Indigo.
You are welcome to learn Indigo and use it for non-commercial renders without paying for a licence. The following restrictions are present in the free version of Indigo:
If you need to create renders at higher resolutions or produce renders as part of your business, then you need to buy a commercial licence for Indigo. You can buy licences online at:
http://store.glaretechnologies.com/
Once you have purchased a licence, you can instantly enable the full features of Indigo. Your licence will be locked to the hardware of your computer, and you must contact support@indigorenderer.com if you need to move the licence to another computer.
The licence for your computer is based on the CPU model of your processor and MAC address of your network card. You should avoid changing your network card regularly when using Indigo – for example avoid enabling and disabling your network card, as this may confuse the licensing software that Indigo uses.
If you wish to purchase multiple licences, you can use the network floating licence feature, managed by the Network Manager. To purchase these licences please contact us at sales@indigorenderer.com
There are two different kinds of Indigo licences:
Having a GUI Licence does not mean that you can use unlicensed render slaves to generate a high resolution image, you will need a node licence for each computer that will be used to help you render your image.
If you have any problem with your Indigo licence, you can always contact us at support@indigorenderer.com and we'll get you up and running as soon as possible!
Once you have purchased an Indigo Licence from the Glare Technologies Store you need to go through a few steps to activate it with Indigo.
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First, decide which computer you will use as a licence server.
Install Indigo Renderer (which can be downloaded from http://www.indigorenderer.com/download) on your server.
Run the "Indigo Network Manager" on the server.
(For example, on Windows, this can be accessed Start -> All Programs -> Indigo Renderer -> Indigo Network Manager)
Press the Licensing button, then "Copy to Clipboard" to copy the hardware ID for the server.
Email the hardware ID to support@indigorenderer.com
If you have purchased floating licences, we will reply with the licence file based on the hardware ID and the number of licences purchased.
Once you have received your licence key by email, open up the Licensing dialog in the Indigo Network Manager again. Then paste the licence key into the text field labelled "Enter your licence key".
Finally, press "Verify licence key" and of the licence key is valid, the "licence status" field will display a message similar to the following:
Licensed to 'Nick Chapman'
Email: 'nick@indigorenderer.com'
5 x Network Floating Full
If the licence key is not valid, an error message will be displayed instead in the licence status field; please contact support@indigorenderer.com for assistance.
A hostname is a name used to identify a device connected to a computer network.
See the Network Rendering tutorial, step 3, for more information on this.
On your workstation computers, install Indigo Renderer.
Start Indigo Renderer.
Restart Indigo on your workstation.
When Indigo starts, the Indigo logo and some information will be displayed in the main window.
If the floating licence retrieval was successful, the Licence type will be 'Network Floating Full' and
the Licensed to will be 'Network Floating Licence User', as shown:
Some ports will need to be opened on the licence server, so that Indigo running on the workstations can connect to it: TCP Port 7200.
The Indigo Network manager writes out reasonable comprehensive logs to network_manager_log.txt in the appdata directory, for example C:\Users\nick\AppData\Roaming\Indigo Renderer\network_manager_log.txt.
Looking at this log can give useful information if floating licences are not working.
To upgrade your Indigo 3 licence to an Indigo 4 licence, follow these steps:
When you purchased an Indigo 3 licence, you will have received an email from billing@indigorenderer.com, which contains a link to your private licence page on store.glaretechnologies.com.
If you can't find the email, please contact support@indigorenderer.com for assistance.
Please follow this link to go to your licence page.
Then click on the "Buy Now" button in the "Upgrade to Indigo 4" section.
Upon clicking the "Buy Now" button, you will be taken to an order summary page for your upgrade order, which will summarise the cost and allow you to select the payment method to complete the order.
To upgrade your Indigo RT licence to an Indigo Renderer (Full) licence, follow these steps:
When you purchased an Indigo RT licence, you will have received an email from billing@indigorenderer.com, which contains a link to your private licence page on store.glaretechnologies.com.
If you can't find the email, please contact support@indigorenderer.com for assistance.
Please follow this link to go to your licence page.
Then click on the "Buy Now" button in the "Upgrade to Indigo 4" section.
Upon clicking the "Buy Now" button, you will be taken to an order summary page for your upgrade order, which will summarise the cost and allow you to select the payment method to complete the order.
Online licensing allows you to use your Indigo licence on any computer connected to the internet.
You can only use a single licence on one computer at a time however.
Online licensing is new in Indigo 4.4.
Go to https://store.glaretechnologies.com/ and make an account with the 'Signup' link on the top right of the page.
Once you have done that, you will need to go to your individual order page, the link to which was sent to you when you purchased an Indigo licence.
The link will look something like https://store.glaretechnologies.com/orders/xxxxxxxxxx
On your order page, click the 'Link order to your account' link.
You should see a message like "Succesfully claimed order #12345".
Assuming you have a new enough Indigo build (version 4.4), run Indigo, then select the menu command
Help > Licensing
select the 'Online licence' tab, and enter your username and password you used to create your account on the store page.
After that it should automatically fetch the needed licence from our server, which will take a few seconds.
If your Indigo licence was fetched successfully, a message should be shown: