Installation
Standalone
Windows / Macintosh
2 Double-click on the installer file that you downloaded to install Silhouette.
The default installation folder on Windows systems is C:\Program Files\BorisFX\Silhouette 2021.5. On Macintosh systems, the default installation folder is /Applications/BorisFX/Silhouette 2021.5.
3 When you get to the Select Components screen, select Silhouette.
4 If you have After Effects installed, you can also select the Silhouette Shape I/O Plug-in.
5 Complete the installation.
6 Start Silhouette on Windows systems by selecting Programs > Boris FX Silhouette 2021.5 > Silhouette in the Windows Start menu.
or
7 Start Silhouette on Macintosh systems by going to the /Applications/BorisFX/Silhouette 2021.5 folder and double-clicking on Silhouette.
The Silhouette user interface opens.
Linux
2 Open a Terminal window and change to the directory where you downloaded the file.
3 Type: tar xvzf <name of file>
4 Change to the new directory that is created.
5 To install the Silhouette software, run the “install_silhouette.ph” script by typing: ./install_silhouette.sh
Silhouette is unpacked into the current directory.
6 Change to the new directory that is created.
7 To run Silhouette, type: ./silhouette
The Silhouette user interface opens.