Adobe Photoshop & Premiere Elements 2026

Windows

• Intel 8th Generation or newer processor or AMD equivalent with AVX2 and SSE4.2 support; Windows on ARM processor not supported

• Microsoft Windows 11 (version 23H2) or later, 64-bit versions only; Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 not supported

• 8GB of RAM

• 12GB of available hard-disk space to install 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); 1920x1080 or higher recommended

• Microsoft DirectX 12 compatible sound and display driver

• Windows Media Player (required if importing Windows Media files)

• Internet connection required for product activation and download of online content

macOS

• Intel 8th Generation or newer processor; Apple silicon M1 or newer processor recommended

• macOS 14 (14.4 or later), macOS 15 (15.5 or later)

• 8GB of unified memory

• 13GB of available hard-disk space to install 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); 1920x1080 or higher recommended

• Internet connection required for product activation and download of online content

Recommended for both Windows and macOS

• 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