What are the technical specifications and system requirements for Silhouette?

Updated March 17, 2026 00:08

Silhouette requires specific operating systems, hardware, and graphics capabilities to run effectively in professional visual effects workflows. The Silhouette technical specifications below describe supported platforms, recommended hardware, machine learning requirements, licensing options, core technologies, and supported plugin hosts.

Product: Release Number:	Silhouette 2025
Requirements:	macOS: 12 or higher Windows: Windows 10 & 11 Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux/Centos 7-9, a compatible Linux distribution such as Rocky Linux, or Ubuntu
Hardware:	Recommended Hardware Processor: Mac: Apple silicon or Intel (Sandy Bridge or newer) Windows/Linux: Intel or AMD processor Memory: 16GB or more Disk: High-speed disk array or SSD storage. 1GB of available disk space for caching and temporary files Graphics Card: Most modern graphics cards from NVIDIA, Apple, and AMD NVIDIA Pascal architecture cards or better for machine learning nodes 4GB or more of graphics memory / 8GB of graphics memory for machine learning nodes. Machine Learning Nodes (ML): Mac: Require an Apple silicon integrated GPU with macOS Monterey (12.0) and above. Windows: Require an NVIDIA GPU with compute capability 6.0 or above (Pascal), or an AMD Radeon™ PRO Series GPU. Linux: Require an NVIDIA GPU with compute capability 6.0 or above (Pascal).
Licensing options:	Nodelocked or floating license.
Architecture:	Resolution independent Region of interest for enhanced performance OpenColorIO v2 color management GPU and OpenGL® accelerated Multi-processor support Mac M1 silicon support
Plugin Support:	Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro Foundry Nuke Blackmagic Resolve and Fusion Autodesk Flame Note: The Silhouette plugin option includes the Mocha Pro node, but does not include Particle Illusion or Sapphire effects.

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