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June 24, 2013
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Can't Open CC project file in CS6

  • June 24, 2013
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I edited my videos in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, but I can't open the CC project file in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. The message says 'The project appears to be damaged, it cannot be opened.' Is there a way to convert the project so that it works for CS6?

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Correct answer ProDesignTools

There are other ways to try it as well – see:

Can You Open/Use/Export/Save Adobe CC Files on CS6 – and Vice Versa?

14 replies

May 30, 2014

Hi Bro you see the video.

See ►http://youtu.be/ZpRZwVL8arU

Steven L. Gotz
Inspiring
May 30, 2014

Motasim,

If you are trying to say that you can't open perfectly good Premiere Pro CC projects in Premiere Pro CS6 even though CS6 projects open just fine.... We know. It is not supposed to be possible. It has seldom been possible to go back to an older version. Upgrade all of your computers to use Premiere Pro CC or don't make the mistake of working in CC and then attempting to go back to CS6.

artofzootography.com
Known Participant
September 25, 2013

If you quit CC and have to go back to an old project, you can always just pay for a month of PPCC. $20 is not to bad. You should be able to open an older version in a newer app.

dsfsdsdfsdffdsf
Inspiring
August 2, 2013

XML export? AAF? That'll only get you the sequences, but you could lay everything down to rushes sequences too and rebuild that way. Should only take 10 minutes. But yeah, totally agree with everything Steve Gotz said above. When has it ever been possible?

denez mcadoo
Inspiring
August 6, 2013

I used to open up CS6 projects in CS5.5 by opening the .prproj file in a text editor and changing ther version number at the top of the file from, I think "25" to "24" and then it would open just fine.

Is this no longer possible going from CC to CS6?

Inspiring
September 27, 2013

What happens if you replace "26" with "23" (or "24") and then try to open that project file right in CS6?

I had already tried it with 23, but I just tried 24 hoping it might work. No luck.

If I open it in Pr CC it tells me that it was saved in an older version and offers to save it to a new name. No problem there.

I then tried 22 just to see. No luck opening it in CS6 either.

My guess is that Pr 5.5 is more lenient than CS6 in some way?

But that means that someone who has CS5.5 can help people with CS6 if need be. It is still a good thing to know.


I used CS5.0.3.

I don't have CS5.5.

Steven L. Gotz
Inspiring
June 24, 2013

No.

Very few Premiere Pro projects can be opened in earlier versions of the software.

They have built that ability into some of the Adobe apps, but not Premiere Pro.

I suggest you dance with the one who brought you.

artofzootography.com
Inspiring
June 25, 2013

You can try exporting your sequence to FCP XML and opening that up in CS6.