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Adobe Premiere Elements system requirements

List of system requirements necessary to run Adobe Premiere Elements 2025 optimally.

Windows

  • Intel 6th Generation or newer processor or AMD equivalent with SSE4.2 support.
  • Microsoft Windows 10 (version 22H2) or Windows 11 (version 23H2), 64-bit versions only; Windows 7, Windows 8.1 not supported.
  • 8GB of RAM.
  • 10GB of available hard disk space to install the application; additional space is required for downloading online content and for temporary files during product installation and usage (it cannot be installed on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices).
  • 1440x900 display resolution (at 100% scale factor).
  • Microsoft DirectX 12 compatible sound and display driver.
  • Windows Media Player (required if importing Windows Media files).

macOS

  • Intel 6th Generation or newer processor; Apple silicon M1 or newer processor.
  • macOS 13, macOS 14 (14.4 or later), macOS 15.
  • 8GB of RAM.
  • 10GB of available hard-disk space to install the application; additional space required for downloading online content and for temporary files during product installation and usage (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices).
  • 1440x900 display resolution (at 100% scale factor).

For both Windows and macOS

  • Internet connection required for product activation and download of online content.
  • Intel 7th Generation or newer processor or AMD equivalent with SSE4.2 and AVX support.
  • 16GB of RAM for HD media.
  • 32GB or more of RAM for 4K media.
  • 4GB of GPU VRAM.
  • Fast internal SSD for app installation and cache.
  • Additional high-speed drive(s) for media.

Adobe Premiere Elements supported import/export formats include:

AVCHD (import), MPEG-1 (import), MPEG-2 (import), MPEG-4 (import), HEVC (import), DV-AVI (import on Windows), Windows Media (import on Windows), Apple ProRes (import), H.264, HDV, MP3, QuickTime (limited codecs), and many more.

Note:

*Learn more about GPU support in Premiere Elements.

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