System Requirements

macOS

• Intel 8th Generation or newer processor; Apple silicon M1 or newer processor recommended
• macOS 14 (14.4 or later), macOS 15 (15.5 or later)
• 8 GB of unified memory
• 8 GB of available hard-disc space to install application; additional space required for downloading online content and for temporary files during product installation and usage (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
• 1440 x 900 display resolution (at 100% scale factor); 1920 x 1080 or higher recommended
• Internet connection required for product activation and download of features and online content

Recommended for both Windows and macOS

• 16 GB of RAM or unified memory for HD media
• 32 GB or more of RAM or unified memory for 4K media
• 4 GB of GPU VRAM
• Fast internal SSD for app installation and cache
• Additional high-speed drive(s) for media

Adobe Premiere Elements supported import/export formats include:

AVCHD (import), MPEG-1 (import), MPEG-2, MPEG-4, HEVC (import), DV-AVI (import on Windows), Windows Media (import on Windows), Apple ProRes, H.264, HDV, MP3, QuickTime (limited codecs) and many more