Adobe 5.5 Production Premium 65146558 User Manual

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System requirements 

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 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 storage 
devices)

• 1280x900 display (1280x1024 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 www.adobe.com/go/premiere_systemreqs 

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

• 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; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)

• Java™ Runtime Environment 1.5 or 1.6
• QuickTime 9 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

†

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

Windows
• 64-bit support required: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64

processor (Intel Core™ i3, i5, or i7 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 
storage devices)

• 1280x900 display (1280x1024 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 www.adobe.com/go/premiere_systemreqs 

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 MME/WDM
• 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 9 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

†

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

* CS Live online services are complimentary until April 12, 2012. See

www.adobe.com/go/CSLive for details.

†

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.