Adobe After Effects CS6, Upgrade, Mac, EN 65174530 User Manual

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Product details: 
www.adobe.com/aftereffects

System requirements

Mac OS
• Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support
• Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7
• 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 for disk cache; 10GB 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; visit

www.adobe.com/go/aftereffects_systemreqs for  

the latest list of supported cards

• 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.

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

Windows
• Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor; 64-bit support required
• Microsoft® Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1 (64 bit)
• 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
• 3GB of available hard-disk space; additional free space required during

installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)

Additional disk space for disk cache; 10GB 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; visit

www.adobe.com/go/aftereffects_systemreqs for  

the latest list of supported cards

• 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.

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