System Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Recommended for 4K

Recommended for AI

ARM Compatibility

Operating system

Microsoft® Windows 11

Minimum Requirements

Microsoft® Windows 11

Microsoft® Windows 11

Recommended for 4K

Microsoft® Windows 11

Microsoft® Windows 11

Recommended for AI

Microsoft® Windows 11

Microsoft® Windows 11 on ARM

ARM Compatibility

Microsoft® Windows 11 on ARM

Processor

Intel® Core™ i5 8th Gen
AMD Ryzen™ 5 1000 Series

Minimum Requirements

Intel® Core™ i5 8th Gen
AMD Ryzen™ 5 1000 Series

Intel® Core™ i7 12th Gen
AMD Ryzen™ 7 5000 Series

Recommended for 4K

Intel® Core™ i7 12th Gen
AMD Ryzen™ 7 5000 Series

Intel® Core™ i9 14th Gen
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7000 Series

Recommended for AI

Intel® Core™ i9 14th Gen
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7000 Series

Nvidia RTX Spark
Snapdragon X/X2

ARM Compatibility

Nvidia RTX Spark
Snapdragon X/X2

Graphics card

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 20 Series / AMD® Radeon™ with 8GB or higher / Intel® HD Graphics 630 Series

Minimum Requirements

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 20 Series / AMD® Radeon™ with 8GB or higher / Intel® HD Graphics 630 Series

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 30 Series (12GB recommended for 8K) / AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series / Intel® HD Graphics 770

Recommended for 4K

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 30 Series (12GB recommended for 8K) / AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series / Intel® HD Graphics 770

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 40 Series / AMD Radeon™ RX 6000 Series

Recommended for AI

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 40 Series / AMD Radeon™ RX 6000 Series

RTX Spark Integrated Blackwell-GPU / Adreno X1-45

ARM Compatibility

RTX Spark Integrated Blackwell-GPU / Adreno X1-45

VRAM

8 GB

Minimum Requirements

8 GB

8 GB (12 GB or more for 8K )

Recommended for 4K

8 GB (12 GB or more for 8K )

16 GB or more

Recommended for AI

16 GB or more

Unified Memory

ARM Compatibility

Unified Memory

RAM

16 GB

Minimum Requirements

16 GB

32 GB

Recommended for 4K

32 GB

32 GB

Recommended for AI

32 GB

16 GB

ARM Compatibility

16 GB

Storage

1.5 GB Free Space (SSD for best performance) / Additional high-speed drive for media

Minimum Requirements

1.5 GB Free Space (SSD for best performance) / Additional high-speed drive for media

1.5 GB Free Space (SSD for best performance) / Additional high-speed drive for media

Recommended for 4K

1.5 GB Free Space (SSD for best performance) / Additional high-speed drive for media

1.5 GB Free Space (SSD for best performance) / Additional high-speed drive for media

Recommended for AI

1.5 GB Free Space (SSD for best performance) / Additional high-speed drive for media

1.5 GB Free Space (SSD for best performance) / Additional high-speed drive for media

ARM Compatibility

1.5 GB Free Space (SSD for best performance) / Additional high-speed drive for media

To check your system specifications on Windows, open Settings and click About.

Supported formats

Import

Export

Video

HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MP4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, AVI, WMV, M4V, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / XDCAM EX / HD 422 / MXF / ProDisc / HDCAM SR, MPEG IMX, DV, HDV, AVCHD, Panasonic P2, BlackMagic RAW, RED RAW, Nikon N-RAW, Apple ProRes, Apple ProRes RAW

Import

HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MP4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, AVI, WMV, M4V, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / XDCAM EX / HD 422 / MXF / ProDisc / HDCAM SR, MPEG IMX, DV, HDV, AVCHD, Panasonic P2, BlackMagic RAW, RED RAW, Nikon N-RAW, Apple ProRes, Apple ProRes RAW

HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, MP4, AVI, WMV, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / MXF / HDCAM SR, XDCAM EX, Apple ProRes

Export

HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, MP4, AVI, WMV, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / MXF / HDCAM SR, XDCAM EX, Apple ProRes

Audio

AIFF, AAC, MP2, MP3, M4A, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC

Import

AIFF, AAC, MP2, MP3, M4A, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC

AIFF, AAC, MP3, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC

Export

AIFF, AAC, MP3, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC

Image

BMP, GIF, PNG, JPG, TIFF, DPX, OpenEXR, WDP, DNG, HEIC/HEIF

Import

BMP, GIF, PNG, JPG, TIFF, DPX, OpenEXR, WDP, DNG, HEIC/HEIF

BMP, PNG, JPG, TIFF, DPX, OpenEXR

Export

BMP, PNG, JPG, TIFF, DPX, OpenEXR

Other

Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7 / DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), Broadcast Wave Format, Closed Captioning (SRT)

Import

Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7 / DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), Broadcast Wave Format, Closed Captioning (SRT)

Vegas Project Archive (*.veg, *.vf), Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), XDCAM Disc

Export

Vegas Project Archive (*.veg, *.vf), Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), XDCAM Disc

Resolutions

SD, HD, FHD, 4K, 8K

Import

SD, HD, FHD, 4K, 8K

SD, HD, FHD, 4K, 8K

Export

SD, HD, FHD, 4K, 8K

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