Downgrade your project to Premiere Pro CC 2015
Turn a newer .prproj into a file Premiere Pro CC 2015 opens directly. A very widely installed release, and the basis for a lot of older tutorials and templates. It is a common landing spot when a partner project will not open.
- Target version
- Premiere Pro CC 2015
- Adobe version number
- 9.0
- Release era
- 2015
- Source versions that can come down
- 10 (CC 2017 and newer)
- Output
- A new file; your original project stays untouched
- Cost
- Free
Which versions can be downgraded to CC 2015
Any project newer than CC 2015 can come down to it. A project older than CC 2015 does not need downgrading — CC 2015 can already open it.
- Premiere Pro CC 2017
- Premiere Pro CC 2018
- Premiere Pro 2019
- Premiere Pro 2020
- Premiere Pro 2021
- Premiere Pro 2022
- Premiere Pro 2023
- Premiere Pro 2024
- Premiere Pro 2025
- Premiere Pro 2026
What changes after downgrading to CC 2015
Anything CC 2015 cannot read is cleared out, which is what lets it open the project at all. That is the nature of downgrading, not a conversion error. Sequences, layers, effects and expressions are kept wherever possible.
- 1
Open the Premiere Pro downgrader and drop in your .prproj.
- 2
Pick “CC 2015” as the target version.
- 3
Download the converted file and send that copy instead of the original.