| Component | Specification | | :--- | :--- | | | NVIDIA Studio Driver (recommended) or Game Ready (v441.12+); AMD Adrenalin 2020 | | QuickTime | Not required; AE 2020 dropped legacy QuickTime 7 support. Use modern codecs (ProRes, H.264). | | Network | Required for license validation and cloud services (Dynamic Link, Team Projects) | | Virtualization | Not supported on virtual machines (VMware, Parallels) unless explicitly tested. |
If you are a Windows user, After Effects 2020 brings native support for 64-bit architecture and relies heavily on your GPU for rendering. ae 2020 system requirements