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System Requirements

We recommend that your computer has at least the minimum speci cations outlined below to run Capture One.

Microsoft® Windows® minimum requirements

• Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo or better

• 8 GB of RAM

• 10 GB of free hard disk space

• Color calibrated monitor with 1280x800, 24-bit resolution at 96dpi screen ruling

• Windows 7® SP1 64-bit, Windows 8® 64-bit, Windows 10® 64-bit

• Microsoft® .NET Framework version 4.6 (will be installed if not present)

• A PDF reader is needed to read the Release Notes

• An Internet connection is needed when activating Capture One

Apple® Macintosh® minimum requirements

• Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo or better

• 8 GB of RAM

• 10 GB of free hard disk space

• Calibrated color monitor with 1280x800, 24-bit resolution at 96dpi

• Mac OS X 10.10.5, 10.11.x or 10.12.x

• An Internet connection is needed when activating Capture One

Recommended system requirements

If working with high-resolution images and doing calculation-heavy adjustments we recommend the following:

• Use processors with multiple cores, e.g. Intel Core i7TM or better

• Have 16 GB of RAM or more

• Leave plenty of hard disk space free (100Gb recommended)

• A fast hard disk e.g. a Solid State Disk (SSD)

• A fast Graphics card from NVIDIA or AMD with minimum 2GB RAM