The following are the minimum system requirements for Studio 20:
Exceeding the minimum hardware requirements will in most cases lead to a performance increase. Running Studio on a system that does not meet these requirements is not supported.
Studio 20 consists of:
- Plug-ins for Adobe® Illustrator®:
- Studio Designer
- Studio Toolkit for Boxes
- Studio Toolkit for Labels
- Studio Toolkit for Shrink Sleeves (only available in Studio Advanced)
- Studio Visualizer Plug-in
- Studio Toolkit application
- Studio Viewer application
Minimum requirements for Studio for Mac
| Minimum System Requirements for Studio 20 | |
|---|---|
| Processor type and speed | 64-bit Intel processor. |
| RAM | Minimum 8 GB RAM. |
| Graphics card and video drivers | A recent Mac® using NVIDIA, AMD, Intel® HD and Intel Iris Pro graphics chips and supporting OpenGL 2.1 (or newer). A minimum of 512 MB of video memory is required. When in doubt, please use a free trial of Studio to check compatibility with your system. |
| Internet connection | 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet, TCP/IP v4 protocol. TCP/IP v6 protocol is not supported. |
| Software Dependency | Studio 20 requires Adobe® Illustrator® CC 2018 (22), CC 2019 (23), 2020 (24) or 2021 (25)(*) From 20.0.1 onwards, Adobe® Illustrator® CC 2018 (22) is no longer supported and 2021 (25) is supported. (*) 3D PDFs from Studio Designer require Adobe® Reader 8.1 or newer for viewing. |
| Minimum screen resolution | The Studio Toolkit application needs a screen resolution of at least 1680 x 1050 pixels. |
| Virtualization | Use within Parallels Desktop, VMware® Fusion® or any other virtualized environment is NOT supported. |
(*) More information on supported Illustrator versions can be found in the following knowledge base article. Always check this article before upgrading Illustrator.
Supported Operating Systems
Recommended operating systems are highlighted in the tables below.
If an operating system is not listed in the tables below, it is not supported. Do not try to install Studio on a computer running an unsupported operating system.
Mac OS
| Edition | Client OS |
|---|---|
| 11 (Big Sur) |  * |
| 10.15 (Catalina) | |
| 10.14 (Mojave) | |
| 10.13 (High Sierra) | |
| 10.12 (Sierra) |  |
| 10.11 (El Capitan) | |
*Big Sur is supported from 20.0.1 onwards.
More information on Mac OS support can be found in this knowledge base article
Minimum requirements for Studio for PC
| Minimum System Requirements for Studio 20 | |
|---|---|
| Processor type and speed | x86-64 compatible dual-core processor (Intel® or AMD®), minimum dual-core. |
| RAM | Minimum 8 GB RAM. |
| Graphics card and video drivers | A discrete graphics card using NVIDIA or AMD graphics chips and supporting OpenGL 2.1 (or newer). A minimum of 512 MB of video memory is required. When in doubt, please use the free trials. |
| Internet connection | 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet, TCP/IP v4 protocol, TCP/IP v6 protocol is not supported. |
| Virtualization | Use within Parallels Desktop, VMware® Fusion® or any other virtualized environment is NOT supported. |
| Fileservers | All Esko applications running on Windows® OS can use data that is available on network shares. These shares need to be on Windows® or Unix/Linux (using SMB) file servers. Mac® OS X (version 10.3.x; 10.4.x; 10.5.x; 10.6.x) data servers are also supported, but with limitations. These are standard limitations encountered when connecting to a Mac® OS X server from Windows workstations or servers. They are related to losing resource forks of the MAC® application data when a Windows® component moves or copies data. |
| Minimum screen resolution | The Studio Toolkit application needs a screen resolution of at least 1680 x 1050 pixels. |
| Windows display scaling | Only 100% is supported. |
| Software Dependency | Studio 18.1 requires Adobe® Illustrator® CC 2018 (22), CC 2019 (23), 2020 (24) or 2021 (25).(*) The 64-bit version of Adobe® Illustrator® is supported. The 32-bit version of Adobe® Illustrator® is not supported. (*) From 20.0.1 onwards, Adobe® Illustrator® CC 2018 (22) is no longer supported and 2021 (25) is supported. (*) 3D PDFs from Studio Designer require Adobe® Reader 8.1 or newer for viewing. |
(*) More information on supported Illustrator versions can be found in this knowledge base article. Always check this article before upgrading Illustrator.
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 10
| Edition | 32-bit | 64-bit |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 10 Home | | |
| Windows 10 Pro | | |
| Windows 10 Enterprise | | |
See KB170993458: Which versions of Windows 10 are supported? for more detailed information on the specific Windows 10 versions we support.
Windows 8.1
| Edition | 32-bit | 64-bit |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 8.1 | | |
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise | | |
| Windows 8.1 RT | | |
Windows 8
| Edition | 32-bit | 64-bit |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 8 | | |
| Windows 8 Pro | | |
| Windows 8 Enterprise | | |
| Windows RT | | |
Unsupported Operating Systems
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista (all editions)
- Windows XP (all editions)
- Windows Server 2019 (all editions)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (all editions)
- Windows Server 2012 (all editions)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (all editions)
- Windows Server 2008 (all editions)
- Windows Server 2003 (all editions)
- Windows 2000 (all editions)
| System Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Applies to | Studio Essentials Studio Advanced |
| Version | 20 and 20.0.1 |
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Useful Links
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