The following are the minimum system requirements for Studio 23.03:
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 23.03 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 23.03 | |
|---|---|
| Processor type and speed | Intel® processor or ARM-based Apple Silicon processor. |
| RAM | 8 GB minimum, recommended is 16 GB RAM. |
| Disk space | Minimum 8 GB of available disk space at run-time. |
| Graphics card and video drivers | A recent Mac® supporting OpenGL 3.2 (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 23.03 requires Adobe® Illustrator® 2021 (25), 2022 (26) or 2023 (27)(*) 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 Adobe® 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 |
|---|---|
| 13 (Ventura) |  |
| 12 (Monterey) | |
| 11 (Big Sur) | (1) |
| 10.15 (Catalina) | |
| 10.14 (Mojave) |  |
| 10.13 (High Sierra) | |
| 10.12 (Sierra) | |
(1) To avoid render artifacts in Studio, we advice to use the latest version of macOS 11 Big Sur.
More information on macOS support can be found in this knowledge base article: KB191642592: Do Esko products support the latest macOS Release
Minimum requirements for Studio for PC
| Minimum System Requirements for Studio 23.03 | |
|---|---|
| Processor type and speed | x86-64 compatible dual-core processor (Intel® or AMD®), minimum dual-core. SSE 4.1 instruction set (or higher) must be supported. |
| RAM | 8 GB minimum, recommended is 16 GB RAM. |
| Disk space | Minimum 8 GB of available disk space at run-time. |
| Graphics card and video drivers | A discrete graphics card using NVIDIA or AMD graphics chips and supporting OpenGL 3.2 (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. |
| Software Dependency | Studio 23.03 requires Adobe® Illustrator® 2021 (25), 2022 (26) or 2023 (27). (*) 3D PDFs from Studio Designer require Adobe® Reader 8.1 or newer for viewing. |
| Minimum screen resolution | The Studio Toolkit application needs an effective screen resolution of at least 1680 x 1050 pixels. With effective we mean the resolution that takes the display scaling into account: the higher the scaling, the lower the effective screen resolution. |
| 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 this knowledge base article. Always check this article before upgrading Illustrator.
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 11
| Edition | 64-bit |
|---|---|
| Windows 11 Home | |
| Windows 11 Pro | |
| Windows 11 Enterprise |
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Windows 10
| Edition | 32-bit | 64-bit |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 10 Home | | |
| Windows 10 Pro | | |
| Windows 10 Enterprise | | |
See KB344821882: Which versions of Windows 10 are supported? for more detailed information on the specific Windows 10 versions we support.
Unsupported Operating Systems
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista (all editions)
- Windows XP (all editions)
- Windows Server 2019 (all editions)
- Windows Server 2016 (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 Studio Viewer |
| Version | 23.03 |
| Last revised |
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Useful Links
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