Use AEBack as a Premiere Pro downgrader, Premiere project downgrader and AEP downgrader online. Bring .prproj and .aep files down to a version your older Adobe software can open.
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target versions: 14 for Premiere, 9 for After Effects
New file
The result is saved separately; the source project is not overwritten
Local
After Effects projects are converted in your browser, without upload
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plugin dependencies — project files are processed directly
Premiere Pro and After Effects use completely different project formats. The Premiere file downgrader handles .prproj projects; the After Effects file downgrader handles .aep projects.
A Premiere project downgrader for .prproj files. Bring projects down to any older Premiere Pro version while preserving sequences, timelines, transitions and media references.
An After Effects file downgrader for .aep files. Bring projects down to any older After Effects version; conversion runs entirely in your browser and the file is never uploaded.
You do not need to understand the file format. You only need to pick a version.
Import your project
Drop in a .prproj or .aep file and the engine detects which version it came from.
Pick a target version
Choose any available target. Downgrading only ever goes to an older version — that is inherent to the operation.
Download and open
Take the downgraded project and open it in the target version.
Plenty of “downgraders” only lower the version number, and the file still fails to open. A usable result means clearing out everything the older version cannot read.
What the old version cannot read gets removed
Content your target version does not have will only stop the project from opening. It goes; what remains is what works.
No broken references left behind
When something is removed, the references pointing at it are cleaned up too — so nothing errors out or loses a sequence on open.
Standard processing or steady mode
The Premiere line offers a steady mode: prioritise a result that opens, and convert less if that is what it takes.
Always a new file
Your original project is never overwritten. If the result is not good enough, start again from the original.
The team is out of sync
You are on 2026, your colleague is still on 2021. One downgrade and they can keep working.
Only an old machine is available
You arrive on site and the machine has an old Premiere install — while the project was made in a new one.
The client specifies a version
The delivery spec says it must open on their machine, and their machine has not been updated in years.
Reopening an old project
A project from years ago that only the old version can open reliably — and you already upgraded.
Upload, pick a version, download. Usually under a minute.
