Open Premiere Project in Older Version - Downgrade Project Version
Premiere Pro users sometimes want to open their project in an earlier version.
Here’s the quickest way to open your projects in an earlier version. Only 4 steps to revert the PP version.
This assumes you have 7-Zip installed. It’s free and awesome and why would anyone not have it! 🙂
Also, that you have a COPY of your project that you will be converting.
++++ Make a Copy of your project with a New Name in the same folder as the original ++++
1) Right-Click the COPY of the project and from the 7-Zip menu select “Open Archive”
2) In 7-Zip there is one file same name as the project – Right-Click the file and select EDIT*
3) On the fourth line change the Version = “??” Change the number portion to “1” Save and Close
4) 7-Zip will ask you if you want to update that file in the archive, Select <OK>
That’s it! When you open the project Premiere Pro will say it is from a Previous Version, and will give it a new name as usual.
*Of note, on step 2, the bigger your project the longer it takes to open.
Here’s a link to an online program which requires you to upload the file but will do the above for you.
https://joshcluderay.com/downgrade-premiere-project-converter
Of course you loose any new features of the later version you edited with.
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