Adobe Photoshop CC is the industry standard photo and image editing tool, allowing users to create graphics for web and print publishing. Users can resize and retouch images, prepare graphics for social media, and much more.

Important note:named license means that you can assign it to a “user”. That user can access the license on any device they wish to use it from i.e. a laptop or a desktop.

Windows

 

Minimum

Recommended

Processor

Multicore Intel® or AMD processor (2 GHz or faster processor with SSE 4.2 or later) with 64-bit support

Operating system

Windows 10 64-bit (version 1909) or later; LTSC versions are not supported

RAM

8 GB

16 GB or more

Graphics card

  • GPU with DirectX 12 support
  • 1.5 GB of GPU memory
  • GPU with DirectX 12 support
  • 4 GB of GPU memory for 4k displays and greater
  • GPUs less than 7 years old. Currently, we don't support testing on GPUs older than 7 years.

See the Photoshop graphics processor (GPU) card FAQ

Monitor resolution

1280 x 800 display at 100% UI scaling

1920 x 1080 display or greater at 100% UI scaling

Hard disk space

4 GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation

16 GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation

  • Fast internal SSD for app installation
  • Separate internal drive for scratch disks.

Internet

Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services †

 

Minimum

Recommended

Processor

ARM processor

Operating system

Windows 10 ARM device running Windows 10 64-bit (version 1909) or later

RAM

8 GB

16 GB or more

Graphics card

4 GB of GPU memory

 

All the other aspects for ARM are the same as Intel

 

macOS

 

Minimum

Recommended

Processor

Multicore Intel® processor (2 GHz or faster processor with SSE 4.2 or later) with 64-bit support

Operating system

macOS Big Sur (version 11.0) or later 

macOS Big Sur (version 11)
Installation is blocked on v10.15.x

RAM

8 GB 

16 GB or more

Graphics card

  • GPU with Metal support
  • 1.5 GB of GPU memory
  • GPU with Metal support
  • 4 GB of GPU memory for 4k displays and greater

To find out if your computer supports Metal, see Mac computers that support Metal

See the Photoshop graphics processor (GPU) card FAQ

Monitor resolution

1280 x 800 display at 100% UI scaling

1920 x 1080 display or greater at 100% UI scaling

Hard disk space

4 GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation

16 GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation

  • Fast internal SSD for app installation
  • Additional high-speed drive(s) or SSD to set up scratch disks

Photoshop will not install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system

Internet

Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, membership validation, and access to online services †

 

Minimum

Recommended

Processor

ARM-based Apple Silicon processor 

Operating system

macOS Big Sur (version 11.2.2) or later

 

RAM

8 GB

16 GB or more

All the other aspects for Apple Silicon are the same as Intel

 


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