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License Activation


When launching Substance Alchemist for the first time, you will encounter the activation wizard (even if you are running the trial version).

3 choices are available:

  • Evaluate this product: this will generate a license file based on your hardware which will be valid for the next 30 days.
  • Activate using license file: if you have downloaded a *.key license file from your account page on our website, you will be able to load it in the next step
  • Activate using your account: if you choose this option, the next step will ask for a login and password in order to be able to automatically retrieve a license file.


Make sure you are running the software as admin, and to disable your anti-virus.


Manual activation

It is possible to manually activate Substance Alchemist by putting the license.key file in the following folder: 

PlatformPath
Windows
  • C:/Users/username/AppData/Local/Allegorithmic/Substance Alchemist/license.key
  • C:/ProgramData/Allegorithmic/Substance Alchemist/license.key (Legacy)
Mac
  • $HOME/Library/Application Support/Allegorithmic/Substance Alchemist/license.key
  • /Library/Application Support/Allegorithmic/Substance Alchemist/license.key (Legacy)
Linux
  • $HOME/.local/share/Allegorithmic/Substance Alchemist/license.key
  • /opt/Allegorithmic/etc/Substance Alchemist/license.key (Legacy)


Make sure that the file is called license.key

Environment variable

The license location can be changed from its default to a custom location by defining an environment variable. This variable must be a direct path to the file itself.

The environment variable is: SUBSTANCE_ALCHEMIST_LICENSE