These steps show you how to manually activate Shaderlight if there is an internet connection on the computer with Shaderlight installed, but the Automatic Activation is blocked by a firewall or proxy server.
| • | From the SketchUp Plugins menu, select Plugins->Shaderlight for SketchUp->Activate Shaderlight |
| • | From the Activation dialog box select the Manual Activation button |

| • | Select/highlight the Machine ID number and copy it to the clipboard using cmd ⌘-c on your keyboard |

| • | Visit www.activateshaderlight.com using a web browser |
| • | In the activation web page, enter your 16 digit Activation Code (received via email when you purchased Shaderlight or requested a trial) |
| • | Paste the Machine ID from the clipboard using cmd ⌘-v on your keyboard |

| • | Click Submit to generate the license text |
| • | The license text should look something like this: |
LICENSE artvps shaderlightpro 1.1 permanent uncounted
hostid=00252d38ab14 issued=28-feb-2011 _ck=d9c6bbd290 sig="60P0450X
0M621PHX8K4GE9QNDE8N9VXA7V41Y6G22H19QCEAAJTNCPPQ2UCJVTBYHBR1RSRC80"
| • | Select/highlight the license text and copy it to the clipboard using cmd ⌘-c on your keyboard |
| • | Return to the Manual Activation window in SketchUp |
| • | Click Next on the box displaying the Machine ID |
| • | Paste the license text from the clipboard, into the box marked "Paste license text here" using cmd ⌘-v on your keyboard |

| • | Click Done |
| • | If the license is valid you will see the following box. If the license fails you will be asked to re-enter it. |

| • | Click OK to complete activation |
| • | You must close the Shaderlight Render Window and restart SketchUp in order to activate the Pro features |
If Activation Fails:
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