open files from 2002

[simon0815]

How can I open them today and convert for Ae2025? I don't have any old Ae installed

Here are some testfiles:

https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/05e4bdb6-8d62-4287-be45-df5d4717bd61

[ToolfarmJP]

Would you install AE 24.0.3 and try to open the old file?

[simon0815]

Why exactly this verison? Yes, but I installed it, but does not work.

It say the file is older than 5.5, but I have friends they tried it now with 5.5 ond does not work

[Warren Heaton · Accepted solution]

Hi, @simon0815:

Wow, project files from After Effects version 5.5 brings back some memories!

Pictured: Splash screen for Adobe After Effects 5.5

Those need to be opened in After Effects CS4 (version 9) and saved before they can be opened in After Effects 25.x.

Here's a download link to version 25.x versions of your AEPs:

• https://f.io/XAcWXoog

It's a Zip archive on FrameIO and the presentation page can look like there's nothing to download.  Click the download button at the upper right, and you should be good.
Pictured: FrameIO download link for a Zip archive with the Download button at the upper right.

Once the Zip archive is extracted, you'll see your original 5.5 projects, the intermediate 9.0 (CS4) projects, and the current 25.x projects.  If you need to open these in a version of After Effects that is older than After Effects 25.x, the "cs4.aep" project files should open in it.
Pictured: After Effects version 25 projects highlighted in List View.

- Warren

[simon0815]

Hi Warren

sorry for the late response. Holydays and the flu.

Thanks a lot for your work; it works! 😄

now i need the rest of the 89 files also 😄 No, just kidding. I was looking for my raw footage, but I figured out, to blow up it to HD it's not worth 😞 I can use the full final film which I have as PAL. sadly, I don't need all the old ae files 😞

thanks anyway!

[ShiveringCactus]

That wonderful response has got me curious @Warren Heaton , you do still have 5.5 installed?  That was my first version of AE. 

I'd love to see a side by side comparison.  Recently I saw a screen recording on John Knoll's Vimeo of Photoshop v1, that was very different.  Or have you got CS4 and were able to use that?

[simon0815]

Andrew Kramer has some old tutorials:

https://www.videocopilot.net/basic/tutorials/01.Introduction