After Effects 2019 System Requirements [verified] Jun 2026

This document defines the minimum and recommended hardware/software configurations required to run Adobe After Effects CC 2019 (version 16.0) effectively. Compliance ensures stability, performance, and feature availability, particularly for GPU-accelerated effects and multiprocessing.

The Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) plays a vital role in After Effects 2019, particularly for the "Ray-traced 3D" renderer (though largely deprecated in favor of Cinema 4D) and hardware-accelerated effects like Lumetri Scopes and Gaussian Blur. after effects 2019 system requirements

While CPU and RAM often steal the spotlight, storage speed is the unsung hero of After Effects performance. The software requires a minimum of 5GB of available hard-disk space for installation, but the real requirement lies in the speed of the disk cache. A Solid State Drive (SSD) is highly recommended for the primary drive (where the OS and application reside). Furthermore, separating the disk cache to a secondary SSD can drastically improve preview speeds, preventing the dreaded "beach ball" or "hourglass" of death. While CPU and RAM often steal the spotlight,

1.0 Last updated: April 2026 (retrospective reference) Supersedes: AE CC 2018 system requirements Furthermore, separating the disk cache to a secondary