The following are the minimum system requirements for Studio 14.0. Exceeding these requirements will in most cases lead to a performance increase. Running Studio on a system that does not meet these requirements is not supported.
Minimum requirements for Studio for Mac
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| Processor type and speed | 64-bit Intel processor |
| RAM | Minimum 1 GB RAM, recommended 4 GB RAM |
| Graphics card and video drivers | A recent mac using NVIDIA, AMD/ATI, Intel HD and Intel Iris Pro graphics chips is supported. A minimum of 256Mb 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 requires Adobe® Illustrator® CS6 or CC. The 2014 release of Creative Cloud is supported in Studio 14.0.1. Studio 14.0.1 was released on September 30, 2014. 3D PDFs from Studio Designer require Adobe® Reader 8.1 or later for viewing. Studio Designer is also available in ArtPro 10 or newer. |
| minimum screen resolution | The Studio Toolkit application needs a screen resolution of at least 1680 by 1050 pixels |
| Virtualization | Use within Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion or any other virtualized environment is NOT supported. |
Supported Operating Systems
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Recommended operating systems are highlighted in the tables below. |
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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 |
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| 10.10 (Yosemite) |  * |
10.9 (Mavericks) | |
10.8 (Mountain Lion) | |
| 10.7 (Lion) | |
| 10.6.0 - 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) |  |
| 10.5.0 - 10.5.8 (Leopard) | |
*= from 14.0.1 onwards
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The server versions of these operating systems are not supported. |
Minimum requirements for Studio for PC
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| Processor type and speed | x86-64 compatible dual-core processor (Intel or AMD), minimum dual-core. Please note that from 14.0.2 onwards, Studio Toolkit and Studio Store Visualizer are 64-bit applications and thus only run on a x86-64 compatible dual-core processor. Also the 32-bit 2014 release (and later) of Creative Cloud is not supported. | ||
| RAM | Minimum 1 GB RAM, recommended 4 GB RAM.
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Available hard drive space
| An NTFS volume is required. The software takes maximum 1GB of disk space. But take into account the need for storage of temporary and production data. A backup solution is strongly advised. | ||
| Graphics card and video drivers | OpenGL compatible 3D graphics board with frame buffer support. When in doubt, please use the free trials.
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| 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 by 1050 pixels. | ||
| Software Dependency | Studio requires Adobe® Illustrator® CS6 or CC. The 2014 release of Creative Cloud is supported in Studio 14.0.1. Studio 14.0.1 was released on September 30, 2014. The 32-bit 2014 release (and later) of Creative Cloud is not supported. 3D PDFs from Studio Designer require Adobe® Reader 8.1 or later for viewing. Studio Designer is also available in Esko PackEdge 10, Plato 10 or newer. | ||
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 8.1
| Edition | 32-bit | 64-bit |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise | | |
| Windows 8.1 RT | | |
Windows 8
| Edition | 32-bit | 64-bit |
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| Windows 8 | | |
| Windows 8 Pro | | |
| Windows 8 Enterprise | | |
| Windows RT | | |
Windows 7
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| SP1 | SP1 | |||||
| Windows 7 Home Basic | | | | | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium | | | | | ||
| Windows 7 Professional | | | | | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise | | | | | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate | | | | | ||
Unsupported Operating Systems
- Windows XP (all editions)
- Windows Vista (all editions)
- Windows 2000 (all editions)
- Windows Server 2003 (all editions)
- Windows Server 2008 (all editions)
- Windows Server 2008 R2
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| Applies to | Studio Toolkit for Labels Studio Toolkit for Boxes Studio Toolkit for Flexibles Studio Toolkit for Shrink Sleeves |
| Version | 14.0 and 14.0.1 and 14.0.2 |
| Last revised | 5-Mar-2015 |
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Software downloads: mysoftware.esko.com |
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