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georgiap70886446
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December 7, 2017
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As a paying customer surely I can revert back to Premiere Pro 2015!?

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I recently had some trouble with premiere pro 2015 so uninstalled the programme and then went to reinstall it from the drop down menu in creative cloud. I initially found that the 2015.3 version wasn't there but the CC (version 7.0) was. The following day I went on to creative cloud to download one of these previous version and found that I'm now only left with the option of CS6 or CC 2017 (11.1.4). How can this be? As a paying customer they can't just suddenly take away software you are using day-to-day! With photoshop for instance, they have all previous versions listed for download. Anyone know how to get Premiere Pro 2015 back? It's ridiculous that it's not there. Many thanks

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Correct answer RjL190365

The removal of all Premiere Pro versions from CC 2014 through CC 2017.1.2 is due to the Dolby trademark licensing issue. You see, these now-removed versions of Premiere CC incorporated a full Dolby AC-3 encoder. All of Dolby's patents for the AC-3 codec have now expired as of this past March; however, the Dolby Laboratories trademark remained on these no-longer-available versions. And Dolby now no longer permits most software companies, including Adobe, to incorporate the Dolby Laboratories trademark in their recent, still-supported software products which included the AC-3 decoder and encoder. Adobe elected to instead utilize native OS support (Windows 8.1 or later, or OSX 10.11 or higher) for AC-3 playback (decoding); however, the OSes still lack native AC-3 encoding support.

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ProDesignTools
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ProDesignToolsCommunity Expert
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December 7, 2017

Georgia,

Please see this related thread, and leave your feedback there:

Prior major releases of Premiere, Audition, Prelude and AME have been removed

This is one big reason why the Creative Cloud direct download links are especially useful and important... Otherwise, you have no way of retaining installers and restoring your particular apps if Adobe takes them down.

Kevin-Monahan​, per customer request and need, will Adobe consider reissuing these versions (CC 2015.x and CC 2014) without Dolby included, as you did for CC 2017?

Thanks.

    Kevin-Monahan
    Community Manager
    Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    December 7, 2017

    ProDesignTools,

    per customer request and need, will Adobe consider reissuing these versions (CC 2015.x and CC 2014) without Dolby included, as you did for CC 2017?


    I don't make those decisions and cannot answer that question definitively at this time. I do not have the authority. Sorry. I'm really only set up to answer and help with support issues around the application itself. Those decisions are made solely by the product team. .

    I have reported the issue and will continue to advocate for the availability for previous applications on behalf of customers. I would suggest that all customers needing these versions file a bug report here: http://adobe.ly/ReportBug

    Kind Regards,
    Kevin

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    December 7, 2017

    Do you keep the app download files on your computer? If so, go into the folder with your downloads, and see if the zipped file for 2015 is there. Some do, some don't.

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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    RjL190365
    Legend
    December 7, 2017

    The problem there is if the thread creator uses the Creative Cloud Desktop app to install an application, all of the installation files are automatically deleted upon the completion of the installation with no way at all whatsoever to save those files.

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    Shot Frame
    Participant
    December 13, 2017

    RjL,

    In "Advanced Options" you can uncheck the option to delete previously installed applications.

    Thanks,
    Kevin


    That helps nothing if you have to install that exact version... but cloud doesn't give you this option. Its unacceptable that Adobe would not release a 2015/2014 version that the customers will be able to use. In collaborative environments its very important to have the same version installed especially because we open each others projects. Because of stability issues its policy in companies and studios to use a specific version. Bring the stable stuff back Adobe...

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      RjL190365Correct answer
      Legend
      December 7, 2017

      The removal of all Premiere Pro versions from CC 2014 through CC 2017.1.2 is due to the Dolby trademark licensing issue. You see, these now-removed versions of Premiere CC incorporated a full Dolby AC-3 encoder. All of Dolby's patents for the AC-3 codec have now expired as of this past March; however, the Dolby Laboratories trademark remained on these no-longer-available versions. And Dolby now no longer permits most software companies, including Adobe, to incorporate the Dolby Laboratories trademark in their recent, still-supported software products which included the AC-3 decoder and encoder. Adobe elected to instead utilize native OS support (Windows 8.1 or later, or OSX 10.11 or higher) for AC-3 playback (decoding); however, the OSes still lack native AC-3 encoding support.

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