But best practice is to not downgrade your Premiere project file if it can be avoided.Īs always do not update your installs mid-project. In the case of Auto Reframe you won’t be able to reanalyze any clips but if you’ve done the reframe work it looks like it’ll all be there if you downgrade. Obviously those filters won’t show if they are offline.
This is what happens when you open most any project into a different version of PPro or an install that is missing third party filters and effects.
The Auto Reframe effects is gone and shown as offline in the Effect Controls as you can see above. The Auto Reframe sequences opened up in the downgraded project with all of the resizes and keyframing intact that was generated in PPro 2020. The audio opened back up with the old maximun db of +6. I think downgraded that project and opened it in PPro 2019. I took a project and pumped the volume up to the new +15 db and did some Auto Reframe in PPro 2020. Wonder what happens to a newer PPro project that has had new features that is then downgraded? I wondered the same thing so here’s a quick test. If you really get separate you can use one of the unofficial and unsupported Premiere project downgraders out there. See, you can’t open newer projects in older Premiere versions. I added the CC2020 in the project name above to help me know what is what as far as project versions go.Ībove are just some of my saved settings that came across into the PPro 2020 update. When opening an older project in PPro 202o you’ll be prompted to save it as a new version as newer projects can’t be opened in older versions. I tested it. Happy smiles as we get new splash screens on these major updates.
Notice that the new Adobe Premiere Pro 2020 no longer has CC in its name as Adobe has dropped the “CC” so it won’t sort the same alphabetically. You may be left with something like this above.
But don’t let Adobe update everything else. Under the General tab you can probably leave the Always keep Creative Cloud up to date as that is just for the CC app. I’ve seen reports that if you choose to remove the older versions that these settings might not transfer even with the Import box checked.Īnd while you’re at it check your Creative Cloud app preferences and make sure the Auto-update is turned off under the Apps tab. I always leave that checked as I have different keyboards shortcuts, metadata preferences, track patchings and timeline height presets saved and I always want them to move forward. Regardless, give it a look before proceeding.Īlso, note the Import previous settings and preferences. This box should be unchecked by default these days but it used to be checked by default. If you’re presented with this box you want to make sure the Remove old versions box is unchecked if you want to keep older versions of any of the Adobe apps. I’m not going to try but the truth is I don’t think I’ve opened it in a long time but I guess it’s better to be safe than sorry.
Some users saw different things depending on what you had installed but if I was to uninstall the 11.1.4 version above I don’t have any idea if I would be able to re-download it again. If you think back there was some controversy earlier in the year as Adobe eliminated some of the older versions of the apps that were available. This is what I have installed and what is available. Hit the little three dots submenu and you can see what Other versions might be available. With the new Creative Cloud app you can see what is installed, including different versions of Premiere. And sometimes it’s even possible to open a newer project file in an older version of Premiere. This isn’t always an option because sometimes the smaller dot releases don’t give this option. Adobe even facilitates this with an option to keep older versions installed when updating to a new, major release. There is no problem leaving multiple installs of Premiere on your system. With the recent redesign of the Adobe Creative Cloud app, I think this warrants its own post instead of being tacked onto my article on the Adobe Premiere Pro 2020 update. With the new update of the Adobe video apps I think its worth a reminder to be careful when updating so you can keep your old(er) version if you need to get back to it.