Comprehensive Creative Suite 5 and 5.5 Hardware Requirements

April 27th, 2011

[UPDATE – See the new System Requirements for Adobe CS6.]

[UPDATE – Wondering if you can run Creative Suite 5 on new Microsoft Windows 8? See here for the latest.]

	Photoshop CS5 / Photoshop Extended CS5 System Requirements Photoshop CS5.1 runs 64-bit native on Mac OS X, Microsoft® Windows Vista®, and Windows® 7 platforms. It can also run in 32-bit mode across all platforms, including Windows XP. 64-bit users should realize noticeably greater gains in performance, in some cases as dramatic as ten times the previous speed. Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended); or Windows 7 1GB of RAM 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 DVD-ROM drive QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 1GB of RAM 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 DVD-ROM drive QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	Dreamweaver CS5.5 System Requirements Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7 512MB of RAM 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×800 display with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel® processor Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 512MB of RAM 1.8GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×800 display with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	Illustrator CS5 System Requirements Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7 1GB of RAM 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 1GB of RAM 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	InDesign CS5.5 / InCopy CS5.5 System Requirements Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended) 1.6GB (1.3GB for InCopy) of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended) 2.6GB (1.8GB for InCopy) of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	Flash Professional CS5.5 System Requirements Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7 1GB of RAM 3.5GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 1GB of RAM 4GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	Flash Catalyst CS5.5 System Requirements Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended) 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive Java™ Runtime Environment 1.5 (32 bit) or 1.6 Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended) 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive Java Runtime Environment 1.5 or 1.6 Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	Fireworks CS5 System Requirements Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended) 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×1024 display with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended) 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×1024 display with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	Contribute CS5 System Requirements Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7 512MB of RAM 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1,024×768 display (1,280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive Internet Explorer 7 or 8 or Firefox 3 or 3.5 required for the Adobe® Contribute® web browser plug-in Office 2003 or 2007 required for the Microsoft Office plug-in Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 512MB of RAM 1.4GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1,024×768 display (1,280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card DVD-ROM drive Firefox 3 or 3.5 required for the Contribute web browser plug-in Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	Premiere Pro CS5.5 / Encore CS5.5 System Requirements Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 requires a 64-bit operating system. Premiere Pro CS4 is bundled with the CS5 suites for use when a 64-bit operating system isn’t available. (See how to tell if your PC is running a 32-bit or a 64-bit version of Windows, or how to tell if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor.) Windows Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor; 64-bit support required 64-bit operating system required: Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 or Windows® 7 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended) 10GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed 1280×900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape for SD/HD workflows OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows Driver Model DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (DVD+-R burner for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media) QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6.3; Mac OS X v10.6.3 required for GPU-accelerated performance 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended) 10GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed 1280×900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance Core Audio-compatible sound card DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; external Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media) QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features Broadband Internet connection required for online services Supported NVIDIA graphics cards for GPU acceleration Quadro CX (Windows) Quadro FX 3800 (Windows) Quadro FX 4800 (Windows and Mac OS) Quadro FX 5800 (Windows) GeForce GTX 285 (Windows and Mac OS) Visit the NVIDIA website for system requirements and compatibility. The list of graphics cards that are compatible with Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5 is updated on a regular basis – see here for the latest roster of supported cards.
	After Effects CS5.5 System Requirements Adobe After Effects CS5.5 requires a 64-bit operating system. After Effects CS4 is bundled with the CS5 suites for use when a 64-bit operating system isn’t available. (See how to tell if your PC is running a 32-bit or a 64-bit version of Windows, or how to tell if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor.) Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (Intel Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II recommended); 64-bit support required 64-bit operating system required: Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 or Windows® 7 2GB of RAM 3GB of available hard-disk space plus 2GB of space for optional content; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×1024 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card DVD-ROM drive QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6 2GB of RAM 4GB of available hard-disk space plus 2GB of space for optional content; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card DVD-ROM drive QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	Audition CS5.5 System Requirements Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (Intel Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II recommended) Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise; or Windows 7 1GB of RAM; 2GB for HDV and HD playback 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×800 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft WDM/MME DVD-ROM drive QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6 1GB of RAM; 2GB for HDV and HD playback 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×800 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card Core Audio-compatible sound card DVD-ROM drive (SuperDrive recommended) QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	Soundbooth CS5 System Requirements Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (Intel Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II recommended) Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7 1GB of RAM; 2GB for HDV and HD playback 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card Microsoft DirectX- or ASIO-compatible sound card DVD-ROM drive QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 1GB of RAM; 2GB for HDV and HD playback 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card Core Audio-compatible sound card DVD-ROM drive (SuperDrive recommended) QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features Broadband Internet connection required for online services

	CS5.5 Design Standard System Requirements Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended); or Windows 7 1GB of RAM or more recommended 7.7GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9-capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 1GB of RAM or more recommended 8.2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	CS5.5 Design Premium System Requirements Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended); or Windows 7 1GB of RAM or more recommended 9.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×800 display with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 Some features in Adobe® Bridge rely on a DirectX 9-capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs Java™ Runtime Environment 1.5 (32 bit) or 1.6 QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 1GB of RAM or more recommended 10.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×800 display with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs Java Runtime Environment 1.5 or 1.6 QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	CS5.5 Web Premium System Requirements Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7 1GB of RAM 9.1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×800 display (1280×1024 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9-capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM DVD-ROM drive Java™ Runtime Environment 1.5 (32 bit) or 1.6 QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 1GB of RAM 11.2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×800 display (1280×1024 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 DVD-ROM drive Java Runtime Environment 1.5 or 1.6 QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	CS5.5 Production Premium System Requirements Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 and After Effects CS5.5 require a 64-bit operating system. The CS4 versions are bundled with CS5.5 Production Premium for use when a 64-bit operating system isn’t available. (See how to tell if your PC is running a 32-bit or a 64-bit version of Windows, or how to tell if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor.) Windows 64-bit support required: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (Intel Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II recommended); Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Phenom II required for Adobe Premiere® Pro 64-bit operating system required: Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended) or Windows 7 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended) 16.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×900 display (1280×1024 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere Pro; visit this updated page for the latest list of supported cards Some GPU-accelerated features in Adobe Photoshop® require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9-capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape for SD/HD workflows OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows Driver Model DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (DVD+-R burner for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media) Java™ Runtime Environment 1.5 (32 bit) or 1.6 QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features Adobe Flash® Player 10 software required to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6.3; Mac OS X v10.6.3 required for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere Pro 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended) 20.6GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×900 display (1280×1024 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere Pro; visit this updated page for the latest list of supported cards Some GPU-accelerated features in Adobe Photoshop require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed Core Audio-compatible sound card DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; external Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media) Java Runtime Environment 1.5 or 1.6 QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files Broadband Internet connection required for online services
	CS5.5 Master Collection System Requirements Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 and After Effects CS5.5 require a 64-bit operating system. The CS4 versions are bundled with CS5.5 Master Collection for use when a 64-bit operating system isn’t available. (See how to tell if your PC is running a 32-bit or a 64-bit version of Windows, or how to tell if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor.) Windows Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (Intel Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II recommended); Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Phenom II required for Adobe® Premiere® Pro Processor with 64-bit support required for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects® Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended); or Windows 7 64-bit edition of Windows Vista or Windows 7 required for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended) 24.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×900 display (1280×1024 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere Pro; visit this updated page for the latest list of supported cards Some GPU-accelerated features in Adobe Photoshop® Extended require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9-capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape for SD/HD workflows OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows Driver Model DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (DVD+-R burner for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media) Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6 (included) QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime and multimedia features Adobe Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files and to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files Broadband Internet connection required for online services Mac OS Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6.3; Mac OS X v10.6.3 required for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere Pro 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended) 26.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) 1280×900 display (1280×1024 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere Pro; visit this updated page for the latest list of supported cards Some GPU-accelerated features in Adobe Photoshop require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed Core Audio-compatible sound card DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; external Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media) Java Runtime Environment 1.5 or 1.6 QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime and multimedia features Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files and to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files Broadband Internet connection required for online services

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