Adobe was found in 1982. Its first product was PostScript. It was to print photo by external printers. Today Adobe Annual annual revenue is more than $10 billion.
It has 16 different software. Here in this post, you will find all products from photoshop to premiere pro. In 2020 having is a powerful computer is a must to use it’s software smoothly.
Most system requirements list has very basic details. Moreover, sometimes the list is outdated. But in this system requirements are given for all products in detail & everything is up to date.
Table of Contents
Creative Cloud RequirementsPhotoshop Requirements
Premiere Pro
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe After Effects
Acrobat pro Requirements
Adobe Creative Cloud Requirements
Creative Cloud website and all other associated sites like the admin console of adobe are all designed to work in the latest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari for Mac.
Older versions of browser can may cause trouble
Creative cloud Desktop App
- It supports only Microsoft windows 64 Bit Version
- For Apple Mac OS X v10.12 and later
- And Off curse Working internet connection
If your os does meet requirements you can use creative cloud version 4.9 on window 7 (32 bit) or Mac OS X v10.9. In some areas version 5.0.1 is also available for window 7 64 bit.
Photoshop System Requirements
Windows Computer Requirements
Latest Version: 21.0
Bit: 64 BIt only
Processor: Intel® or AMD processor with 64-bit support. Clock speed Should Be 2GHZ or Higher
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 ( Microsoft Windows 10 October 2018 update version 1809 or later
RAM: 2GB Minimum (8 GB Recommended By Adobe)
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce GTX 1050 or equivalent; nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 or Quadro T1000 is recommended
Hard Disk (Memory): 3.1 GB or more of available hard-disk space for 64-bit installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system)
Screen resolution: 1280 x 800 display at 100% UI scaling with 16-bit color and 512 MB or more of dedicated VRAM; 2 GB is recommended
OpenGL: OpenGL 2.0-capable system
- Need Internet Connection To activate the Software.
- Cloud Documents are not Not supported on Windows 7
- For 32 Bit Windows Use Earlier Version of Photoshop
- Not supported on Windows 10 versions 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and 1803.
- Computers less than 512MB of VRAM Can’t use 3D features.
Recommended Computer: ThinkCentre M900 Tiny
Mac Computer Requirements
Processor: Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Operating System: macOS version 10.13 (High Sierra), macOS version 10.14 (Mojave), macOS version 10.15 (Catalina)
RAM: 2GB Minimum (8 GB Recommended By Adobe)
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce GTX 1050 or equivalent; nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 or Quadro T1000 is recommended
Hard Disk (Memory): 4 GB or more 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)
Screen resolution: 1280 x 800 display at 100% UI scaling with 16-bit color and 512 MB or more of dedicated VRAM; 2 GB is recommended
OpenGL: OpenGL 2.0-capable system
- Need Internet Connection To activate the Software.
- Computers less than 512MB of VRAM Can’t use 3D features.
Best Computer: Mac Mini
Graphic Process Requirements
Features that won’t work without a GPU
- Perspective Warp
- 3D
- Oil Paint
- Render – Flame, Picture Frame, and Tree
- Scrubby Zoom
- Birds Eye View
- Flick Panning
- Smooth Brush Resizing
Features that require a GPU for acceleration
- Lens Blur (more info)
- Artboards
- Camera Raw
- Image Size – Preserve Details
- Select Focus
- Blur Gallery – Field Blur, Iris Blur, Tilt-Shift, Path Blur, Spin Blur (OpenCL accelerated)
- Smart Sharpen (Noise Reduction – OpenCL accelerated)
- Select and Mask (OpenCL accelerated)
Tested graphics card
- nVidia GeForce: 400, 500, 600, 700 series, GTX 965M & 980M, GTX 1050, 1080, 1660, nVidia Quadro: 2000, 4000 (Windows® and Mac OS), CX, 5000, 6000, K600, K2000, K4000, K5000 (Windows® and Mac OS), M4000, M5000, P2000, P4000, P5000, T1000
- nVidia GRID K1, K2
- AMD/ATI Radeon: 5000, 6000, 7000, R7, R9 series, 7950 Mac OS
- AMD/ATI FirePro: 3800, 4800, 5800, 7800, 8800, 9800, 3900, 4900, 5900, 7900, W8100, W9100, D300, D500, D700
- AMD/ATI FireGL: W5000, W7000, W8000
- AMD RX 480
- Intel® HD Graphics: P530, P630, 5000, 515, 520
- Intel® Iris Pro Graphics: P5200, P6300, P580
- Intel HD Graphics 515 and 520
Premiere Pro System Requirements
| Minimum Requirements | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Intel® 6th Gen or newer CPU – or AMD equivalent | Intel® 7th Gen or newer CPU – or AMD equivalent |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) version 1803 or later | Windows 10 Version 1809 or later |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB of RAM for HD media 32 GB for 4K media or higher |
| Hard Disk (Space) | 8 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (will not install on removable flash storage) Additional high-speed drive for media | SSD Storage Recommended Additional high-speed drive for media |
| Monitor resolution | 1280 x 800 | 1920 x 1080 or greater |
| Sound card | ASIO compatible or Microsoft Windows Driver Model | ASIO compatible or Microsoft Windows Driver Model |
| Network storage connection | 1 Gigabit Ethernet (HD only) | 10 Gigabit ethernet for 4K shared network workflow |
Recommended window Pc: Lenovo IdeaCentre 520-AAST 21.5in AIO PC
Requirements for Mac
| Minimum Requirements | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Intel® 6thGen or newer CPU | Intel® 6thGen or newer CPU |
| OS Version | macOS v10.13 or later | macOS v10.13 or later |
| RAM | 8 GB of RAM | 16 GB for HD Media 32 GB For 4k or Higher |
| GPU | 2 GB of GPU VRAM | 4 GB of GPU VRAM |
| Hard Disk Space | 8 GB for installation, Additional free space will required during installation | SSD Hard drive recommended |
| Screen resolution | 1280 x 800 | 1920 x 1080 or greater |
| Network storage connection | 1 Gigabit Ethernet (HD only) | 10 Gigabit ethernet for 4K shared network workflow |
Example: Mac Mini with 8 GB of Ram
Adobe Illustrator system Requirements
Windows OS Requirements
| Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Multicore Intel processor (with 64-bit support) or AMD Athlon 64 processor |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) with Service Pack 1 or Windows 10* (64-bit) |
| RAM | 8 GB (16 GB recommended) |
| Hard Disk Space | 2 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation; SSD recommended |
| Screen Resolution | 1024 x 768 display (1920 x 1080 recommended) To use Touch workspace in Illustrator, you must have a touch-screen-enabled tablet/monitor running Windows 10 (Microsoft Surface Pro 3 recommended). |
| GPU | OpenGL 4.x |
| Internet | Required While activation |
Affordable Computer: Acer Aspire E15 E5-575
Apple Mac Requirements
| Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support |
| OS | macOS version 10.15 (Catalina), macOS version 10.14 (Mojave), and 10.13 (High Sierra) |
| RAM | 8 GB (16 GB recommended) |
| Hard Disk Space | 2 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation; SSD recommended |
| Screen Resolution | 1024 x 768 display (1920 x 1080 recommended) |
| GPU | Optional: To use GPU Performance: Your Mac should have a minimum of 1 GB of VRAM (2 GB recommended), and your computer must support OpenGL version 4.0 or greater. For eGPU, support on Mac OS 10.13.5 or above. |
| Internet | Required While activation |
GPU in Outline mode is supported on Retina display
Adobe LightRoom Requirements
Mac Requirements
Adobe After Effects System Requirements
Recommended Computer: Dell XPS 15
Mac Requirements
VR system requirements
| Head Mounted Display (HMD) | OS |
|---|---|
| Oculus Rift | Windows 10 |
| Windows Mixed Reality | Windows 10 |
| HTC Vive | Windows 10 27” iMac with Radeon Pro graphics iMac Pro with Radeon Vega graphics Mac OS 10.13.3 or later |
Adobe Acrobat pro Requirements
Windows
| Minimum requirements | |
|---|---|
| Processor | 1.5 GHZ or higher |
| OS version | Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit), 2012 (64 bit), 2012 R2 (64 bit)†, 2016 (64 bit), or 2019 (64 bit); Windows 7 SP1 (32 bit and 64 bit), Windows 8, 8.1 (32 bit and 64 bit)†, or Windows 10 (32 bit and 64 bit) |
| Ram | 1 GB |
| Hard Disk space | 4.5GB of available hard-disk space |
| Screen Resolution | 1024×768 |
| Browser | Internet Explorer 11; Firefox (ESR); or Chrome |
Any home computer can be used to work with adobe acrobat
Mac Requirements
| Minimum requirements | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel processor |
| OS version | macOS v10.12, macOS v10.13, macOS v10.14, or macOS v10.15* |
| Ram | 1 GB |
| Hard Disk space | 2.75 GB |
| Screen Resolution | 1024×768 |
| Browser | Safari 10.0 or 11.0 (browser plug-in for Safari supported on 64-bit Intel processor only) |
