Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 plus Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0

System requirements

Adobe® Photoshop® Elements

Intel® Pentium® 4 or Intel Celeron® (or compatible) 1.3GHz processor (dual-core processors and those with Hyper-Threading Technology supported)
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ (32-bit only), Windows® XP, or Windows Media Center Edition (XP and MCE require Service Pack 2)
Windows XP: 256MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
Windows Vista: 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
1.5GB of available hard-disk space
Color monitor with 16-bit color video card
1,024x768 monitor resolution at 96dpi or less
Display driver compatible with Microsoft DirectX 9 or later
CD-ROM drive

Adobe Premiere® Elements

Intel Pentium (or compatible) 1.3GHz processor with SSE2 support; 3GHz required for HDV
Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit only), Windows XP, or Windows Media Center Edition (XP and MCE require Service Pack 2)
Windows Vista: 1GB of RAM; 2GB required for HDV
Windows XP and MCE: 512MB of RAM; 1GB required for HDV
4.5GB of available hard-disk space
Color monitor with 16-bit color video card
1,024x768 monitor resolution
Display and sound drivers compatible with Microsoft DirectX 9 or later
DVD-ROM drive (compatible DVD burner required to burn DVDs)
DV/i.LINK/FireWire/IEEE 1394 interface to connect a Digital 8 or DV camcorder, or a USB2 interface to connect a DV-via-USB-compatible DV camcorder (other video devices supported via the Media Downloader)

Adobe Premiere Elements import/export formats supported:

MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DV, AVI, Windows Media®, QuickTime, JVC Everio MOD (import only), 3GP, ASF (import only), WAV, WMA (import only), Dolby® Digital stereo, PSD (import only), JPEG, PNG (import only), DVD

Tested DV devices

See a list of devices tested by the Adobe Premiere Elements software quality engineering team with no major performance issues.

Tested DV devices (PDF, [an error occurred while processing this directive])

(This list is not intended as a certification or buyer's guide.)