Adobe CS5.5 65150289 User Manual

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Mac OS
• 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  

• 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 storage 
devices)

• 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 

for uncompressed  

• 1280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible graphics card
• 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*

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 
storage devices)

• 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 

for uncompressed 

• 1280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card 
• 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*

Mac OS
• Multicore Intel® processor
• Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6
• 1GB of RAM
• 400MB 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)

• 5400 RPM hard drive for recording; 13GB of available hard-disk space 

for each hour of recording

• 1280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible graphics card
• Core Audio–compatible sound card 
• DVD-ROM drive
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to 

validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*

Windows
• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (Intel Core™2 Duo or 

AMD Phenom® II recommended) 

• Microsoft® Windows® XP (32 bit) with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 

recommended) or Windows® 7

• 1GB of RAM
• 400MB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free 

space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash 
storage devices)

• 5400 RPM hard drive for recording; 13GB of available hard-disk space 

for each hour of recording

• 1280x900 display with DirectX 9.0c–compatible graphics card 
• OHCI–compliant IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture
• Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows 

Driver Model

• DVD-ROM drive
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to 

validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*

For updates to system requirements and more detailed information about video hardware compatibility, visit www.adobe.com/go/

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