Premiere Pro 2019 is not backward compatible?!?!

[Asymetrical]

I have a file that I used Premiere Pro 2018 to build and then I upgraded to 2019 the other day, opened the file and thought nothing of saving it since it's not been an issue in decades and suddenly now it won't open in 208 on my work computer. Seriously? So now I'm just screwed? 2018 files were compatible with 2017... at I THOUGHT it was... was I wrong?

[MyerPj · Accepted solution]

Not sure why you lost your previous file, when it opens it asks to convert and gives it a new name? Did you overwrite your original file with that?

Anyway, here's how you can save yourself!

Premiere Project Downgrader - Free prproj Version Convert

[SAFEHARBOR11]

Sorry, but Premiere projects saved in newer Premiere versions have NEVER opened in any older version, has always been that way.

Also, when you open older Premiere project in newer Premiere version, it would normally ask you to save a NEW project file as MyerPJ said, without overwriting the OLD project, so you ought to still have the 2018 version.

Thanks

Jeff

[Asymetrical]

Yeah I did save over the old one.. I guess I'm new enough to Premiere that I didn't realize it would matter. I mostly use Animate and other software and all of it is backward compatible. Anyway thanks for the tip!

[Asymetrical]

Thanks you're a genius! Totally worked!

[Ann Bens]

2018 files were compatible with 2017... at I THOUGHT it was... was I wrong?

Pr has never been backwards compatible and probably never will.

Bad habit saving over an existing file.

[lflegg]

I click Convert and wait forever but it doesn't do anything : /