What are the technical specifications and system requirements for Silhouette?

Updated August 13, 2026 17:17

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 2026
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 NVMe SSD Graphics Card: Mac: Apple silicon integrated GPUs are supported, as are AMD GPUs on most modern Intel CPU Macs. Windows: Most modern graphics cards from NVIDIA and AMD are supported for GPU acceleration, but for best performance, we recommend workstation powered by NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation, or AMD Radeon™ PRO Series. 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/Linux: Require an NVIDIA GPU with compute capability 6.0 or above (Pascal), or an AMD Radeon™ PRO Series GPU.
Licensing options:	Nodelocked or floating license.
Architecture:	Resolution independent Region of interest for enhanced performance OpenColorIO color management GPU and OpenGL® accelerated Multi-processor support Mac 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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