Mac System Requirements For Adobe Creative Suite Cc

Adobe is easily the biggest name in digital creativity. While it’s best known for its flagship products such as Photoshop, InDesign, and Premier, Adobe has a whole fleet of software for creative professionals and hobbyists in the areas of photography, video and film editing, web development, animation, sound engineering and more. Interested? All of it can be accessed through Adobe’s online portal known as the Creative Cloud, via a yearly subscription payable either monthly or in one lump sum.

Creative Cloud has the design tools to bring your ideas to life, with apps for everything from image compositing and photo editing to website design, digital painting, 3D, and augmented reality. Create logos, posters, ads, packaging, and more. Adobe Creative Cloud. We’re hard at work on the next major release of Creative Cloud, and wanted to share some information on updated operating system requirements for members using Mac OS X.

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Subscribing to the Creative Cloud’s entire collection of apps at $52.99 gives you plenty of tools to fuel your creative drive, and offers the best price-per-program value. But this could be overkill if you’re only looking to use one particular app, or your interest is in a single subject—say, photography.

Luckily, Adobe offers free trials of all its programs, as well as different subscription options, so you can find the programs and plan to best suit your needs.

Adobe Creative Cloud free trials

The best way to know whether a program is worth committing to is to try it out yourself, hands on. Adobe gives you seven days to test any of its Creative Cloud apps, starting on the day of download.

In addition to your chosen program/s, Adobe lets you download the Creative Cloud desktop app itself to trial. The Creative Cloud program acts as a hub for all the individual Adobe programs you try or subscribe to; as well as a hub for fonts, stock art, and other assets (a selection of which comes free with your trial), to use among various Adobe programs; it also adds a Creative Cloud folder to your system for syncing work among different devices.

While you need to create an account to trial any apps, you do not need to provide any payment information. Once the seven-day trial period ends, your download expires. You won’t lose any of the work you created or saved to your device, but the work won’t be editable without access to that Adobe program.

Creative Cloud All Apps

Adobe’s All Apps plan is the closest thing to Adobe’s Creative Suite of yore. It offers all 22 of Adobe’s creative software offerings. If you need a wide variety of creative tools at your disposal, investing the $52.99 per month, or $599.88 for the year,allows you to download and use whichever desktop and mobile apps you need.

The All Apps subscription comes with benefits such as 100GB cloud storage, which goes hand in hand with an included portfolio website for showing off your work. Adobe also gives you an extensive selection of fonts and various tools for social media. One such example is the premium version of Adobe Spark, which helps users create engaging content for all sorts of social and online platforms. Adobe offers a free version of Spark (and many of its other peripheral desktop/mobile apps), but the premium features available with the paid plan add a more professional finish to branded content, making it a useful business tool.

All Apps with Adobe Stock

Depending on how you plan to use Adobe’s full complement of creative tools, you may want to spring for the All Apps with Adobe Stock option at $82.98 per month. That extra $30 grants you access to Adobe’s library of 90 million different royalty-free photographs, vector images, illustration, videos, templates, and 3D art to use within your projects, as well as 10 standard assets per month. Adobe offers the first month of Adobe Stock free (including the 10 standard assets), so if you decide that you really don’t need it, you can cancel within that period completely risk-free.

Creative Cloud Photography Plans

Adobe recognizes the importance of its software to photographers and thus offers a few Photography Plans for that audience. Two of the plans include Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, and Lightroom Classic CC, which together provide extensive photo editing, manipulation, and management capabilities. The difference between the two plans is in how much cloud storage is included: at the $9.99-per-month tier you get 20GB storage, while $19.99 per month comes with 1TB. (Given the later option, there’s really no reason to subscribe to Photoshop on its own, which costs slightly more at $20.99 per month, but comes with just 100GB of storage.)

The third Photography Plan is just Lightroom CC with 1TB of storage for $9.99.

Unfortunately, Adobe doesn’t offer any other discipline-specific plans outside of photography. It’s up to the user to mix and match single-app options, including any of the free mobile apps Adobe offers.

Creative Cloud Single App

Adobe offers a single-app subscription option for a number of its programs, which is perfect for those who really just need one or two creation tools. Just know that the cost per program is highest for single-app purchases.

Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, and Animate (Flash) are the most expensive single-app options, coming in at $20.99 per month. Prices vary among Adobe’s less formidable offerings, such as Adobe XD ($9.99), Acrobat Pro DC ($14.99), Spark ($9.99), and InCopy ($4.99).

All individual plans come with 100GB of cloud storage, a free portfolio website, and a selection of fonts. They are also flexible, allowing you to pay monthly or for an entire year in one swoop.

Creative Cloud student/teacher discount

If you’re on a creative path in education, you can subscribe to Adobe’s professional-level programs without having to pay the full price. Students and teachers are eligible to get the All Apps version of Creative Cloud for $19.99 a month for one year and $29.99 a month thereafter.

Naturally, this requires proof of affiliation, such as a school issued email address, ID card, report card, transcript, or even a tuition bill. Home-schooled students are eligible as well—again, pending proof. If you’re looking for an institutional discount, Adobe also offers plans forbusinesses and schools.

Creative Cloud Upgrades

All Creative Cloud subscriptions include upgrades to the apps you’ve downloaded. So you won’t end up using an old version—provided your computer is connected to the internet to check and download updates. The Creative Cloud app frequently checks for updates and you’ll receive a notification when any updates are available for the programs you’re using.

Adobe Creative Cloud: System requirements

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Creative Cloud is compatible with Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. If you’re on a Mac you’ll need Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan) or later. Although Creative Cloud is an online service, once the app is downloaded to your desktop, you don’t need to be connected to the internet to make use of it. However, you’ll need to be connected online during the initial installation and licensing of the apps.

Plus, desktop apps will validate the software license every 30 days, which requires being connected online. If you’re an annual member you can use the apps in offline mode for up to 99 days, whereas monthly members only get 30 days offline use.

Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Microsoft Windows 7 with Service Pack 1. Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 and CS6 applications also support Windows 8. See the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows 8 support.
1 GB of RAM
1 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit color and 512 MB (1 GB recommended) of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
DVD-ROM drive
This software doesn't operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.† Phone activation is not available.

Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7. Adobe Creative Suite 3, 4, 5, CS5.5, and CS6 applications support Mac OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8) when installed on Intel-based systems.*
1 GB of RAM
2 GB 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 storage devices)
1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit color and 512 MB (1 GB recommended) of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
DVD-ROM drive
This software doesn't operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.† Phone activation is not available.

† This product may integrate with or allow access to certain Adobe or third-party hosted online services ('Online Services'). Online Services are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms of use and Adobe's online privacy policy. Online Services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration, and may be discontinued or modified in whole or in part without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.

* Learn more about Mac OS X Mountain Lion support.

Windows

Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1. Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 and CS6 applications also support Windows 8. See the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows 8 support.
512 MB of RAM
1 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
1280 x 800 display with 16-bit graphics adapter
Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6 (included)
DVD-ROM drive
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for HTML5 media playback
This software doesn't operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7. Adobe Creative Suite 5, CS5.5, and CS6 applications support Mac OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8) when installed on Intel-based systems.**
512 MB of RAM
1.8 GB 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 storage devices)
1280 x 800 display with 16-bit graphics adapter
Java Runtime Environment 1.6
DVD-ROM drive
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for HTML5 media playback
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

* This product may integrate with or allow access to certain Adobe or third-party hosted online services ('Online Services'). Online Services are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms of use and Adobe's online privacy policy. Online Services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration, and may be discontinued or modified in whole or in part without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.

** Learn more about Mac OS X Mountain Lion support.

Windows

Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1. Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 and CS6 applications also support Windows 8. Refer to the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows 8 support.
1 GB of RAM (3 GB recommended) for 32 bit; 2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended) for 64-bit
2 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit graphics adapter
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs
Some features in Adobe® Bridge rely on a DirectX 9–capable video adapter with at least 64 MB of VRAM
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.† Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7. Adobe Creative Suite 5, CS5.5, and CS6 applications support Mac OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8) when installed on Intel-based systems.*
2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
2 GB 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 storage devices)
1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.† Phone activation is not available.

* Learn more about Mac OS X Mountain Lion support.

Windows

Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1. Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 and CS6 applications also support Windows 8. See the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows 8 support.
1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended)
1.6 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit graphics adapter
DVD-ROM drive
Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files
Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9–capable graphics adapter with at least 64 MB of VRAM
This software doesn't operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7. Adobe Creative Suite 5, CS5.5, and CS6 applications support Mac OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8) when installed on Intel-based systems.**
1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended)
2.6 GB 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 storage devices)
1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit graphics adapter
DVD-ROM drive
Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files
This software will not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

** Learn more about Mac OS X Mountain Lion support.

Windows

Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1. Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 and CS6 applications also support Windows 8. See the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows 8 support.
2 GB of RAM (3 GB recommended)
3.5 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended)
Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6 (included)
DVD-ROM drive
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for multimedia features
Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9–capable video adapter with at least 64 MB of VRAM
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7.**
2 GB of RAM (3 GB recommended)
4 GB 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 storage devices)
1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended)
Java Runtime Environment 1.6
DVD-ROM drive
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for multimedia features
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

** Learn more about Mac OS X Mountain Lion support.

Windows

Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Ultimate or Enterprise (32 or 64 bit running in 32-bit mode); Windows Server® 2008 (32 bit); or Windows 7 (32 bit or 64 bit running in 32-bit mode). Refer to the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows support.
1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended)
1.5 GB of available hard-disk space (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
DVD-ROM drive
Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6 (included)
Eclipse™ 3.7 (for plug-in installation); the following distributions are supported: Eclipse IDE for Java EE and Java Developers; Eclipse Classic, Eclipse for PHP Developers
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Intel® processor
Mac OS X v10.6 or v10.7
1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended)
1.5 GB of available hard-disk space (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
DVD-ROM drive
Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6
Eclipse™ 3.7 Cocoa version (for plug-in installation); the following distributions are supported: Eclipse IDE for Java EE and Java Developers, Eclipse Classic, Eclipse for PHP Developers
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Windows

Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1. Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 and CS6 applications also support Windows 8. Refer to the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows 8 support.
1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended)
1 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
1280x1024 display with 16-bit video card
DVD-ROM drive
This software doesn't operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.† Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7. Adobe Creative Suite 5, CS5.5, and CS6 applications support Mac OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8) when installed on Intel based systems.*
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 storage devices)
1280x1024 display with 16-bit video card
DVD-ROM drive
This software will not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.† Phone activation is not available.

* Learn more about Mac OS X Mountain Lion support.

Windows

Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor; 64-bit support required
Microsoft® Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1 and Windows® 8. Refer to the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows 8 support.
4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
4 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
Additional disk space required for preview files and other working files (10 GB recommended)
1280x900 display
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
7200-RPM hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended)
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 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance
This software doesn't operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

System Requirements For Adobe Audition

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8, v10.7, or v10.8*
4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
4 GB 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 storage devices)
Additional disk space required for preview files and other working files (10 GB recommended)
1280x900 display
7200-RPM hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended)
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance
This software doesn't operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.** Phone activation is not available.

Supported AMD video adapters for GPU acceleration

AMD Radeon HD 6750M (only on certain MacBook Pro computers running Mac OS X Lion (10.7.x) with a minimum of 1 GB VRAM)
AMD Radeon HD 6770M (only on certain MacBook Pro computers running Mac OS X Lion (10.7.x) with a minimum of 1 GB VRAM)

Supported NVIDIA video adapters for GPU acceleration

GeForce GTX 285 (Windows and Mac OS)
GeForce GTX 470 (Windows)
GeForce GTX 570 (Windows)
GeForce GTX 580 (Windows)
NVIDIA® Tesla C2075 card (Windows) when paired with a Quadro card as part of an NVIDIA Maximus™ configuration
Quadro FX 3700M (Windows)
Quadro FX 3800 (Windows)
Quadro FX 3800M (Windows)
Quadro FX 4800 (Windows and Mac OS)
Quadro FX 5800 (Windows)
Quadro 2000 (Windows)
Quadro 2000D (Windows)
Quadro 2000M (Windows)
Quadro 3000M (Windows)
Quadro 4000 (Windows and Mac OS)
Quadro 4000M (Windows)
Quadro 5000 (Windows)
Quadro 5000M (Windows)
Quadro 5010M (Windows)
Quadro 6000 (Windows)
Quadro CX (Windows)
Tesla C2075*** (Windows)

Visit the NVIDIA website for system requirements and compatibility. The list of video adapters that are compatible with Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS6 is updated on a regular basis.

* Learn more about Mac OS X Mountain Lion support.

** This product may integrate with or allow access to certain Adobe or third-party hosted online services ('Online Services'). Online Services are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms of use and Adobe's online privacy policy. Online Services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration, and may be discontinued or modified in whole or in part without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.

*** When paired with a Quadro card as part of NVIDIA Maximus configured system.

Windows

Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor; 64-bit support required
Microsoft® Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1 and Windows® 8. See the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows 8 support.
4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
3 GB of available hard-disk space; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
Additional disk space for disk cache (10 GB recommended)
1280 x 900 display
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD media
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated ray-traced 3D renderer*
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.† Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8, v10.7, or v10.8**
4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
4 GB 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 storage devices)
Additional disk space for disk cache (10 GB recommended)
1280x900 display
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD media
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated ray-traced 3D renderer*
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.† Phone activation is not available.

* Learn more about Windows support.

** Learn more about Mac OS X Mountain Lion support.

The following NVIDIA GPUs are supported in After Effects CS6.

Mac:

GeForce GTX 285
GeForce GT 650M*
Quadro FX 4800
Quadro 4000

Windows:

GeForce GTX 285
GeForce GTX 470
GeForce GTX 570
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GTX 670*
GeForce GTX 680*
GeForce GTX 690*
Quadro CX
Quadro FX 3700M
Quadro FX 3800
Quadro FX 3800M
Quadro FX 4800
Quadro FX 5800
Quadro 2000
Quadro 2000D
Quadro 2000M
Quadro 3000M
Quadro 4000
Quadro 4000M
Quadro 5000
Quadro 5000M
Quadro 5010M
Quadro 6000
Tesla C2075 (Windows)/Maximus configuration

* Adobe® After Effects® CS6 renders ray-traced 3D images using your computer’s CPU, employing all of its physical cores. Additionally, it may also take advantage of NVIDIA OptiX™ for highly accelerated rendering (requires a supported NVIDIA GPU and with 1024+ MB of texture memory). For more information, visit our After Effects blog post. Note, you must download the After Effects CS6 (11.0.2) update to take advantage of these Kepler-class GPUs.

Windows

Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1. Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 and CS6 applications also support Windows 8. See the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows 8 support.
1 GB of RAM; 2 GB for HDV and HD playback
2 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
1280 x 800 display
OpenGL 2.0–capable video adapter
Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft WDM/MME
DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD media
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
USB interface or MIDI interface may be required for external control surface support (see manufacturer's specifications for your device)
Optional: Optical drive for CD burning
This software doesn't operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor
XMac Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7. Adobe Creative Suite 5, CS5.5, and CS6 applications support Mac OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8) when installed on Intel-based systems.**
1 GB of RAM; 2 GB for HDV and HD playback
2 GB 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 storage devices)
1280 x 800 display
OpenGL 2.0–capable system; optional GPU for optimum video playback performance
DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD media
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
USB interface and/or MIDI interface may be required for external control surface support (see manufacturer's specifications for your device)
Optional: Optical drive for CD burning (SuperDrive recommended)
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

** Learn more about Mac OS X Mountain Lion support.

Windows

Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1. Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 and CS6 applications also support Windows 8. See the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows 8 support.
4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
4 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
1280 x 800 display
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows Driver Model
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7. Adobe Creative Suite 5, CS5.5, and CS6 applications support Mac OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8) when installed on Intel-based systems.**
4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
4 GB 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 storage devices)
1280 x 800 display
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Adobe Cc System Requirements

** Learn more about Mac OS X Mountain Lion support.

Windows

Intel® Core™ i7 processor with 64-bit support
Microsoft® Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1 and Windows® 8. See the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows 8 support.
4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
1 GB of available hard-disk space for installation
1680 x 1050 display required; 1920 x 1080 display and second professionally calibrated viewing display recommended
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
Dedicated GPU card with at least 1 GB of VRAM (NVIDIA Quadro 4000, 5000, or 6000 recommended)
DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD media
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
Optional: Tangent CP200 family or Tangent Wave control surface
Optional: For SDI output, NVIDIA Quadro SDI Output card
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7. Adobe Creative Suite 5, CS5.5, and CS6 applications support Mac OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8) when installed on Intel-based systems.**
4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
1 GB of available hard-disk space for installation
1680 x 1050 display required; 1920 x 1080 display and second professionally calibrated viewing display recommended
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
Dedicated GPU card with at least 1 GB of VRAM recommended (for optimal performance: NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac)
DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD media
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
Optional: Tangent CP200 family or Tangent Wave control surface
This software does not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

** Learn more about Mac OS X Mountain Lion support.

Windows

1.3 GHz or faster processor
Microsoft Windows XP Home, Professional, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 3 (32 bit) or Service Pack 2 (64 bit); Windows Server 2003 (32 bit and 64 bit; Service Pack 2 required for 64 bit); Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 (32 bit and 64 bit); Windows Vista® Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 2 (32 bit and 64 bit); Windows 7 Starter, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise (32 bit and 64 bit). See the CS6 FAQ for information about Windows support.
512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)
1.9 GB of available hard-disk space
1024x576 screen resolution
DVD-ROM drive
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or 8; Firefox 3.5 or 3.6
Video hardware acceleration (optional)

Note: For 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows XP (with Service Pack 2), Microsoft Update KB930627 is required.

Mac OS

Intel processor
Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6.4
512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)
1.2 GB of available hard-disk space
1024x768 screen resolution
DVD-ROM drive
Safari 4 for Mac OS X v10.5.8; Safari 4 or 5.0.x for Mac OS X v10.6.4

Windows

Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1. See the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows support.
2 GB of RAM (3 GB recommended) for 32 bit; 2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended) for 64 bit
11GB 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 16-bit color and 512 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0-capable system
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs
Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6 (included)
QuickTime7.6.6 software required for HTML5 media playback and multimedia features
Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files
Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7
2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
9.5 GB 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 16-bit color and 512 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0-capable system
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs
Java Runtime Environment 1.6
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for HTML5 media playback and multimedia features
Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files
Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Mac System Requirements For Adobe Creative Suite Cc

Windows

Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1. See the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows support.
2 GB of RAM (3 GB recommended) for 32 bit; 2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended) for 64 bit
11GB 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 16-bit color and 512 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0-capable system
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs
Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6 (included)
QuickTime7.6.6 software required for HTML5 media playback and multimedia features
Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files
Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7
2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
9.5 GB 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 16-bit color and 512 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0-capable system
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs
Java Runtime Environment 1.6
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for HTML5 media playback and multimedia features
Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files
Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Windows

Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor with 64-bit support; Intel Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor required for Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Encore; Intel Core i7 processor required for SpeedGrade
Microsoft® Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1 (64 bit). See the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows support.
4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
10.5GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices)
Additional disk space required for disk cache, preview files, and other working files; 10GB recommended
1280×900 display with 16-bit color and 512MB of VRAM; 1680×1050 display required and second professionally calibrated viewing display recommended for Speedgrade
OpenGL 2.0-capable system
7200 RPM or faster hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended)
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
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime and multimedia features
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Premiere Pro; see the latest list of supported cards
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated ray-traced 3D renderer in After Effects; see the latest list of supported cards
Optional: Tangent CP200 family or Tangent Wave control surface for Speedgrade
Optional: For SDI output, NVIDIA Quadro SDI Output card required for Speedgrade
Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Adobe Creative Suite Trial

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7
4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
10.5GB 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)
Additional disk space required for disk cache, preview files, and other working files; 10GB recommended
1280×900 display with 16-bit color and 512MB of VRAM; 1680×1050 display required and second professionally calibrated viewing display recommended for Speedgrade
OpenGL 2.0-capable system
7200 RPM or faster hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended)
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime and multimedia features
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Premiere Pro; see the latest list of supported cards
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated ray-traced 3D renderer in After Effects; see the latest list of supported cards
Optional: Tangent CP200 family or Tangent Wave control surface for Speedgrade
Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Windows

Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor with 64-bit support; Intel Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor required for Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Encore; Intel Core i7 processor required for SpeedGrade
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1; Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (64 bit) required for Premiere Pro, After Effects and Encore; Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 required for SpeedGrade. See the CS6 FAQ for more information about Windows support.
2GB of RAM (4GB recommended) for 32 bit; 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended) for 64 bit
14.5GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices)
Additional disk space required for disk cache, preview files, and other working files; 10GB recommended
1280×900 display with 16-bit color and 512MB of VRAM; 1680×1050 display required and second professionally calibrated viewing display recommended for Speedgrade
OpenGL 2.0-capable system
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)
Eclipse™ 3.7 (for plug-in installation of Flash Builder); the following distributions are supported: Eclipse IDE for Java EE and Java Developers; Eclipse Classic, Eclipse for PHP Developers
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features, multimedia, and HTML5 media playbackOptional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Premiere Pro; see the latest list of supported cards
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated ray-traced 3D renderer in After Effects; see the latest list of supported cards
Optional: Tangent CP200 family or Tangent Wave control surface for Speedgrade
Optional: For SDI output, NVIDIA Quadro SDI Output card required for Speedgrade
Optional: 7200 RPM or faster hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended) for video products
Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7
4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
15.5GB 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)
Additional disk space required for disk cache, preview files, and other working files; 10GB recommended
1280×900 display with 16-bit color and 512MB of VRAM; 1680×1050 display required and second professionally calibrated viewing display recommended for Speedgrade
OpenGL 2.0-capable system
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6
Eclipse™ 3.7 Cocoa version (for plug-in installation of Flash Builder); the following distributions are supported: Eclipse IDE for Java EE and Java Developers, Eclipse Classic, Eclipse for PHP Developers
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features, multimedia, and HTML5 media playbackOptional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Premiere Pro; see the latest list of supported cards
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated ray-traced 3D renderer in After Effects; see the latest list of supported cards
Optional: Tangent CP200 family or Tangent Wave control surface for Speedgrade
Optional: 7200 RPM or faster hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended) for video products
Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

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