Import Premiere Pro CS6 project to CC v.14?

[different_Sunset5C37]

Has anyone imported a Premiere Pro project (CS6) to Premiere Pro CC (current 2020 v14)? Has it worked? Thanks!

[Ann Bens]

Yes it will work but dont expect it to be flawless.

[different_Sunset5C37]

What problems did you encounter? We are nearly finished with a project and I wonder how many problems and what type of problems we may encounter.

[Warren Heaton]

Biggest isuse to keep in mind is that CS6 leveraged QuickTime as the system driver for QuickTime movie files.

If you're using Apple ProRes, you probably won't notice anything.  

If you're using a legacy QuickTime format, you'll notice error messages (maybe lots).

Adobe supports several legacy QuickTime formats in the current versions of Premiere Pro: https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/quicktime7-support-dropped.html

If your edit isn't relying on QuickTime for funcitonality, you may also not notice anything; however, sometimes functionality that did not seem QuickTime related is QuickTime related.

-Warren

[Ann Bens]

Nearly finished? I would not even consider moving the project to 2020.

BTW : Have not used cs6 in years (just did a little import test).

[Kevin-Monahan]

Most editors finish projects in the same version of the application that they started in; for the reason of stability and avoiding unexpected behavior. This is especially the case for large, long, and complex projects. Those fare the worst in any kind of update.

Stay in CS6 and put up a link to your trailer. I'd love to see your work!

Regards,
Kevin

[Michael Grenadier]

if you decide to do this, be sure and output the latest version from CS6 to use as a reference.  You might even put a timecode window reflecting the source timecode on all your video...  And maybe output the best quality possible from CS6 and bring that in after you import the project so if there are specific problems you might be able to actually use the CS6 output in places.

[different_Sunset5C37]

Normally I would never consider an upgrade during a project (doing this work for 25 yrs) Unfortunately, we are having a number of hard crashes right now, even having the project not open after the project crashed. We are saving it as a new project every few hours, but it is getting pretty dicey. We are trying to nurse it along, but not sure how painful it's going to be...

[Kevin-Monahan]

GF1,

Try thinning out the Project file. Remove any unused sequences, unneeded clips, backups, audio files, and anything else that has not seen the light of day, nor will ever be used.

Try also to do basic system maintenance on your media drives. Check to see that all the folders (and enclosed folders) that Premiere Pro uses are set to R/W.

I think you can overhaul this legacy project to perform better with some steps.

We're here for any assistance. Let us know.

Thanks,
Kevin

[different_Sunset5C37]

Thanks very much, Kevin. Will be in touch on our progress.

[different_Sunset5C37]

Thanks for your suggestions, Kevin. We were able to output a ProRes file for the 30 minute program, plus ProRes files for each segment as well as an OMF and .wav files. We figured if we have to make any changes and the file doesn't open, we can access it via the ProRes and audio files. The project is now in review and we expect minimal changes.  We did save it as a new project with just the used media and that cut down the project file by about half, so I think that helped, after that we didn't have any further hiccups. 

Thanks again for the help, nice to know someone is there to help with these kind of challenges!

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