

With this method - yes some of that will disappear if you are working on an old enough version of premiere. All the colour correction, Sound work, etc is gone. Aside from maybe the most basic sequences. If you export something as an xml file on premiere you will effectively lose most of the editing you've done. At least - it's much less than the current accepted answer on this thread. Over here.Īre there any consequences from doing this? You can download it for a Mac/Windows computer with Java(!) installed.

If you would prefer a local open source version, I also made a small JavaFx app that should automate everything in Option 1. You can delete all the temp files now.ĮDIT 2018: This tool mentioned in an answer below mine seems great! Save the copy somewhere permanent as that's where any changes you make will be saved.
HOW TO CONVERT OLD FILES TO QUARK 2018 UPGRADE
That's it open temp_downgraded.prproj like a normal premiere project and it'll ask to upgrade the file or something.
HOW TO CONVERT OLD FILES TO QUARK 2018 ARCHIVE

Since this is the top google result, I would like to give the actual solution to this problem
