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System requirements for Nik Collection

  • Version 5:

Apple macOS

  • Intel® Core™ i5 or higher (Intel® Core™ i7 4th generation or higher, or Apple Silicon recommended)

  • 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended)

  • 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space

  • 10.15.7 (Catalina), 11 (Big Sur), 12 (Monterey)

  • Adobe Photoshop CC 2021 through 2022

  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 through 2022 (apart from Nik HDR Efex, which is not compatible with Photoshop Elements)

  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 2021 through 2022

  • DxO PhotoLab 4 and later

  • Serif Affinity 1.8 and later (apart from Nik Perspective Efex, which is not compatible with Affinity)

  • GPU compatibility starts from NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, ATI Radeon HD2000 Series, and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Series. Recommended on macOS: Apple silicon, or AMD Radeon™ Pro 580X or better for Intel® Macs. If no compatible card is available, GPU acceleration will be disabled and the CPU will be used.
Microsoft® Windows®

  • Intel® Core® 2 or higher (Intel® Core™ i7 4th generation or higher, or AMD Ryzen™ recommended)

  • 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended)

  • 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space

  • Microsoft® Windows® 10 version 1809 (64-bit) and above, Microsoft® Windows® 11 (64-bit)

  • Microsoft Surface is not supported

  • Adobe Photoshop CC 2021 through 2022

  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 through 2022 (apart from Nik HDR Efex, which is not compatible with Photoshop Elements)

  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 2021 through 2022

  • DxO PhotoLab 4 and later

  • Serif Affinity 1.8 and later (apart from Nik Perspective Efex, which is not compatible with Affinity)

  • GPI compatibility starts from NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, ATI Radeon HD2000 Series, and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Series. Recommended on Windows: NVIDIA GTX™ 1060, AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 or better with the latest drivers. If no compatible card is available, GPU acceleration will be disabled and the CPU will be used.

 

  • Version 4:

Apple macOS
  • Intel Core™ i5 or higher
  • 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended)
  • 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space
  • 10.14 (Mojave), 10.15 (Catalina), 11 (Big Sur), 12 (Monterey)
  • Adobe Photoshop CC 2020 through 2022
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 through 2022 (apart from Nik HDR Efex, which is not compatible with Photoshop Elements)
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 2019 through Classic CC 2022
  • DxO PhotoLab 4 and later
  • Serif Affinity 1.8 and later (apart from Nik Perspective Efex, which is not compatible with Affinity)
  • GPU Compatibility starts from NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, ATI Radeon HD2000 Series, and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Series. If no compatible card is available, GPU acceleration will be disabled, and the CPU will be used.
Microsoft® Windows®
  • Intel Core® 2 or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 or higher (Intel Core® i5 or higher recommended)
  • 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended)
  • 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space
  • Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 (64-bit), Microsoft® Windows® 10 (64-bit, and still supported by Microsoft®) or Microsoft® Windows® 11.
  • Microsoft Surface is not supported
  • Adobe Photoshop CC 2020 through 2022
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 through 2022 (apart from Nik HDR Efex, which is not compatible with Photoshop Elements)
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 2019 through Classic CC 2022
  • DxO PhotoLab 4 and later
  • Serif Affinity 1.8 and later (apart from Nik Perspective Efex, which is not compatible with Affinity)
  • Requirements to support HiDPI monitors:
    • Microsoft Windows 10.1607 and later
    • Adobe Photoshop CC 2020 through 2022 (if launched from Adobe Photoshop)
  • GPU Compatibility starts from NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, ATI Radeon HD2000 Series, and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Series. If no compatible card is available, GPU acceleration will be disabled, and the CPU will be used.

 

  • Version 3:

Apple macOS
  • Intel Core™ i5 or higher
  • 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space
  • 10.13 (High Sierra), 10.14 (Mojave), 10.15 (Catalina), 11 (Big Sur)
  • Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64-bit) through CC 2021
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 through 2021 (apart from HDR Efex Pro 2, which is not compatible with Photoshop Elements)
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 through Classic CC 2021
  • DxO PhotoLab 2 and later
  • Serif Affinity 1.8 and later
  • GPU Compatibility starts from NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, ATI Radeon HD2000 Series, and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Series. If no compatible card is available, GPU acceleration will be disabled, and the CPU will be used.
Microsoft® Windows®
  • Intel Core® 2 or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 or higher (Intel Core® i5 or higher recommended)
  • 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space
  • Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 (64-bit), or Microsoft® Windows® 10 (64-bit, and still supported by Microsoft®)
  • Microsoft Surface are not supported
  • Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64-bit) through CC 2021
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 13 (64-bit) through 2021 (apart from HDR Efex Pro 2, which is not compatible with Photoshop Elements)
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 through Classic CC 2021
  • DxO PhotoLab 2 and later
  • Serif Affinity 1.8 and later
  • Requirements to support HiDPI monitors:
    • Microsoft Windows 10.1607 and later
    • Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5 and later (if launched from Adobe Photoshop)
  • GPU Compatibility starts from NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, ATI Radeon HD2000 Series, and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Series. If no compatible card is available, GPU acceleration will be disabled, and the CPU will be used.

 

  • Version 2:

Apple macOS
  • Intel CoreTM i5 or higher
  • 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space
  • macOS 10.12 (Sierra), 10.13 (High Sierra), 10.14 (Mojave), 10.15 (Catalina)
  • Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 bits) through CC 2020
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 through 2020 (apart from HDR Efex Pro 2, which is not compatible with Photoshop Elements)
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 through Classic CC 2020
  • GPU Compatibility starts from NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, ATI Radeon HD2000 Series, and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Series. If no compatible card is available, GPU acceleration will be disabled, and the CPU will be used.
Microsoft® Windows®
  • Intel Core® 2 or AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 or higher (Intel Core® i5 or higher recommended)
  • 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space
  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 (64 bits) with Service Pack 1, Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 (64 bits), or Microsoft® Windows® 10 (64 bits and still supported by Microsoft®)
  • Microsoft Surface are not supported
  • Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 bits) through CC 2020
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 13 (64 bits) through 2020 (apart from HDR Efex Pro 2, which is not compatible with Photoshop Elements)
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 through Classic CC 2020
  • Requirements to support HiDPI monitors:
    • Microsoft Windows 10.1607 and later
    • Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5 and later (if launched from Adobe Photoshop)
  • GPU Compatibility starts from NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, ATI Radeon HD2000 Series, and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Series. If no compatible card is available, GPU acceleration will be disabled, and the CPU will be used.

 

  • Version 2018:

Apple macOS
  • Intel Core™ i5 or higher
  • 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space
  • macOS 10.12 (Sierra), 10.13 (High Sierra), 10.14 (Mojave)
  • Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 bits) through CC 2019
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 through 2019 (apart from HDR Efex Pro 2, which is not compatible with Photoshop Elements)
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 through Classic CC 2019
  • GPU Compatibility starts from NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, ATI Radeon HD2000 Series, and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Series. f no compatible card is available, GPU acceleration will be disabled, and the CPU will be used.
Microsoft® Windows®
  • • Intel Core® 2 or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 or higher (Intel Core® i5 or higher recommended)
  • 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space
  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 (64 bits) with Service Pack 1, Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 (64 bits), or Microsoft® Windows® 10 (64 bits and still supported by Microsoft®)
  • Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 bits) through CC 2019
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 13 (64 bits) through 2019 (apart from HDR Efex Pro 2, which is not compatible with Photoshop Elements)
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 through Classic CC 2019
  • GPU Compatibility starts from NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, ATI Radeon HD2000 Series, and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Series. If no compatible card is available, GPU acceleration will be disabled, and the CPU will be used.

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