System requirements | Adobe Premiere Pro

See the system requirements on the Adobe website.

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.*
• 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
• 4GB 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 (10GB 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 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 Windows support.

Mac OS

• Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
• Mac OS X v10.6.8, v10.7, or v10.8**
• 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
• 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 storage devices)
• Additional disk space required for preview files and other working files (10GB 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 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.

Supported AMD graphics cards for GPU acceleration

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

Supported NVIDIA graphics cards 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 graphics cards that are compatible with Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS6 is updated on a regular basis.

* 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.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 requires a 64-bit operating system.

• 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
• 2 GB of RAM (4 GB or more recommended)
• 10 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
• 7200-RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed
• 1280 x 900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible video adapter
  
• Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU–accelerated performance; visit www.adobe.com/go/premiere_systemreqs for the latest list of supported cards
• 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
• Adobe Flash® Player 10 software required to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*

• Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support
• Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6.3; Mac OS X v10.6.3 required for GPU-accelerated performance
• 2 GB of RAM (4 GB or more recommended)
• 10 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)
• 7200-RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed
• 1280 x 900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible video adapter
  
• Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU–accelerated performance; visit www.adobe.com/go/premiere_systemreqs for the latest list of supported cards
• 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
• Adobe Flash® Player 10 software required to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*

• GeForce GTX 285 (Windows and Mac OS)
• GeForce GTX 470 (Windows)
• GeForce GTX 570 (Windows)
• GeForce GTX 580 (Windows)
• 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)

Visit the NVIDIA website for system requirements and compatibility. The list of video adapters that are compatible with Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5 is updated on a regular basis.

* Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms and Adobe's online privacy policy (available at www.adobe.com/go/terms). Online services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 requires a 64-bit operating system.

• 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
• 2 GB of RAM (4 GB or more recommended)
• 10 GB 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 x 900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible video 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*

• 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
• 2 GB of RAM (4 GB or more recommended)
• 10 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)
• 7200-RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed
• 1280 x 900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible video 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*

• GeForce GTX 285 (Windows and Mac OS)
• GeForce GTX 470 (Windows)
• Quadro 4000 (Windows and Mac OS)
• Quadro 5000 (Windows)
• Quadro 5000M (Windows)
• Quadro FX 3800 (Windows)
• Quadro FX 4800 (Windows and Mac OS)
• Quadro FX 5800 (Windows)
• Quadro CX

Visit the NVIDIA website for system requirements and compatibility. The list of video cards that are compatible with Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5 is updated on a regular basis.

*This product may allow you to access certain features that are hosted online ("online services"), provided you have a high-speed Internet connection. The online services, and some features thereof, aren't available in all countries, languages, or currencies and can be discontinued in whole or in part without notice. Use of the online services is governed by separate terms of use and by the Adobe Online Privacy Policy. Access to these services sometimes requires user registration. Some online services, including services that are initially offered at no charge, may be subject to additional fees. For more details and to review the terms of use and Online Privacy Policy, visit www.adobe.com.

• 2 GHz or faster processor for DV; 3.4 GHz for HDV; dual 2.8 GHz for HD*
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista)
• 2 GB of RAM
• 10 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
• 1,280 x 900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible video card
• Dedicated 7200-RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD; SCSI disk subsystem preferred
• For SD/HD workflows, an Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape
• OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device
• DVD-ROM drive (DVD+-R burner required for DVD creation)
• Blu-ray burner required for Blu-ray disc creation
• Microsoft Windows Driver Model– or ASIO-compatible sound card
• QuickTime 7.4.5 software required to use QuickTime features
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services†

Windows 7 compatibility

• Multicore Intel® processor
• Mac OS X v10.4.11–10.5.4
• 2 GB of RAM
• 10 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional hard-disk space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on flash-based storage devices)
• 1,280 x 900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible video card
• Dedicated 7200-RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD; SCSI disk subsystem preferred
• DVD-ROM drive (SuperDrive for DVD burning)
• Blu-ray burner required for Blu-ray disc creation
• Core Audio–compatible sound card
• QuickTime 7.4.5 software required to use QuickTime features
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services†

Snow Leopard compatibility

*SSE2-enabled processor required for AMD systems

†This product may allow you to access certain features that are hosted online ("online services"), provided you have a high-speed Internet connection. The online services, and some features thereof, aren't available in all countries, languages, or currencies and can be discontinued in whole or in part without notice. Use of the online services is governed by separate terms of use and by the Adobe Online Privacy Policy. Access to these services sometimes requires user registration. Some online services, including services that are initially offered at no charge, may be subject to additional fees. For more details and to review the terms of use and Online Privacy Policy, visit www.adobe.com.

• Intel Pentium 4 (1.4-GHz processor for DV; 3.4-GHz processor for HDV), Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon (dual 2.8-GHz processors for HD), Intel Core Duo (or compatible) processor; SSE2-enabled processor required for AMD systems.
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions only)
• 1 GB of RAM for DV; 2 GB of RAM for HDV and HD
• 10 GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation)
• Dedicated 7,200-RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD; SCSI disk subsystem preferred.
• 1,280 x 1,024 monitor resolution with 32-bit video card; Adobe recommended video card for GPU-accelerated playback (see the full compatible hardware listing)
• Microsoft DirectX or ASIO compatible sound card
• For SD/HD workflows, an Adobe certified card for capture and export to tape
• DVD-ROM drive
• Blu-ray burner required for Blu-ray disc creation
• DVD+-R burner required for DVD creation
• OHCI compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device
• QuickTime 7 software required to use QuickTime features
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
• Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos* and other services

• Multicore Intel processor (Adobe OnLocation CS3 is a Windows application that can be used on Macintosh using Boot Camp and Windows, sold separately)
• Mac OS X v10.4.910.5 (Leopard)
• 1 GB of RAM for DV; 2 GB of RAM for HDV and HD
• 10 GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation)
• Dedicated 7,200-RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD; SCSI disk subsystem preferred
• 1,280 x 960 monitor resolution with 32-bit video card
• Core Audio compatible sound card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Blu-ray burner required for Blu-ray Disc creation
• SuperDrive for DVD burning
• QuickTime 7 required to use QuickTime features
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
• Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos* and other services

*Online services, including, but not limited to, Adobe Stock Photos and Adobe Connect, may not be available in all countries, languages, and currencies. Availability of services is subject to change. Use of online services is governed by terms and conditions of a separate agreement and may be subject to additional fees.