This maybe a little bit of a NooB question but.. I'm running Windows 7 64bit and Adobe Premiere and After Effects CS5. I know both programs need 64 bit to run but all my plugin's and effects say 32, 16, and 8.

On my desktop, photoshop's button has "Photoshop x64" but Premiere and After Effects doesn't.
is there something I'm missing?

is it because my graphics card is not CUDA?

So, how do I know Permiere and AE are both running 64???

...how do I know Permiere and AE are both running 64???

Because if it's running at all, it's running in 64 bit. There is no 32 bit version of Premiere Pro CS5 or After Effects CS5.

In addition to Bruce's info, PhotoShop CS5 does have both 32 bit and 64 bit versions and both versions get installed by default (at least on my machines), so the x64 icon is there to point to the 64 bit copy.

The 32, 16 and 8 bits labels you see regarding the effects refers to the color bit-depth they support and has nothing to do with Windows 32/64 bit.

Thanks all for the clarification!!!