The following are the minimum system requirements for Studio 16. 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.
Studio 16 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
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| Processor type and speed | 64-bit Intel processor. |
| RAM | Minimum 8 GB RAM. |
| Graphics card and video drivers | A recent Mac® using NVIDIA, AMD/ATI, 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 requires Adobe® Illustrator® CS6, CC 2014 (18), CC 2015 (19), CC 2015.3 (20), or CC 2017 (21). Adobe® Illustrator® CC 2017 (21) is supported from 16.0.2. From 16.0.2 onwards, CC 2014 2014 (18) is no longer supported. 3D PDFs from Studio Designer require Adobe® Reader 8.1 or newer 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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| 10.12 (Sierra) |  |
| 10.11 (El Capitan) | |
| 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) | |
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The server versions of these operating systems are not supported. |
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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. The 32-bit version of Adobe® Illustrator® is not supported. | ||
| RAM | Minimum 8 GB RAM.
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Available hard drive space
| An NTFS volume is required. The software takes maximum 1 GB 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 | A discrete graphics card using NVIDIA or AMD/ATI 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.
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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.
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| windows display scaling | only 100% is supported. | ||
| Software Dependency | Studio requires Adobe® Illustrator® CS6, CC 2014 (18), CC 2015 (19), CC 2015.3 (20), or CC 2017 (21). Adobe® Illustrator® CC 2017 (21) is supported from 16.0.2. From 16.0.2 onwards, CC 2014 (18) is no longer supported. The 64-bit version of Adobe® Illustrator® is supported. The 32-bit version of Adobe® Illustrator® is not supported. 3D PDFs from Studio Designer require Adobe® Reader 8.1 or newer for viewing. Studio Designer is also available in Esko PackEdge 10, Plato 10 or newer. | ||
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 10
| Edition | 32-bit | 64-bit |
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| Windows 10 Home | | |
| Windows 10 Pro | | |
| Windows 10 Enterprise | | |
Windows 8.1
| Edition | 32-bit | 64-bit |
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| 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 |
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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 Essentials Studio Advanced |
| Version | 16 |
| Last revised | 07-Feb-2017 |
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