Convert a CS4 project to CS3?

Hi.
I was wondering if it is possible to import a CS4 Premiere project into CS3?
Thx!

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Downgrade Premiere Pro CS4 project to CS3 possible?

Is it possible to export a CS4 Premiere Pro project in such a way that it will open in CS3? Is there any neutral format such as InDesign's .inx format?

Tam,
I rather doubt that you can do a direct transfer of a CS4 Project to CS3. Your only course might be to Export your CS4 to DV-AVI and Import that file. It will have all of edits in place, so you will not have the individual Clips. You can use the Razor, to "create" individual Clips, but you will NOT have Handles on these. You could eliminate all Transitions and then extend each individual Clip to include Handles, but you'll then need to re-set all Ins-n-Outs.
Now, you might get lucky. Whiled doing some testing for another user, I Opened his CS3 Encore file in Encore2, without even thinking - dang if it didn't work to about 90%. I think it would have worked 100% had I had his Assets and exact folder structure, but that was not what we were testing.
You might just try Importing the .prproj file into CS3 and X-your fingers. As I started, I would NOT expect this to work, but who knows. If it does, even to a degree, please report back, as this is a common question with each new release.
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Thanks for the response, but it seems a little short-sighted on Adobe's part: even Microsoft allows you to save documents in previous versions so others can read them. Anything for an upgrade fee, I guess.

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Import cs4 project in cs3

HI,
I started a project on CS4 but i had to uninstal it as my trial expired. I can't import it in CS3, it says the file is not supported or there are obsolete elements. Can anybody suggest a way for me to do it?
thanks

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Don't mean to hijack the thread.

Converting CS3 to CS4 Project

I need to convert my CS3 project to a CS4 project- I need the OMF2 of CS4
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Watch out for some of the filters and keyframing from within Premiere, as well was the 3rd party issues.
I've had problems in opening cs3 projects which have things like clips that combine time remapping and clip movements via keyframing that have not came through the same in CS4. Also garbage mattes specifically seem to translate incorrectly and they have to be adjusted.
But if it's a simple cut to cut with a few dissolves, I don't see any major problems. Skim through the timeline after the import/convert and make sure everything looks as it should.
- wb

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Unfortunately, there is almost zero backward compatibility. I did find that Encore CS3 Projects could be Opened, with few issues, in my EncoreDVD 2.0, but that was surprising, and not of help to you.
Now, one can use a bit of a workaround, if such is required. One can edit loosely in CS4 (remember, you will want Handles), or edit very tightly with all Transitions, knowing that those will not be changed in CS3. When done, Export (for SD Projects, either the DV-AVI Type II, or Lagarith would be good), and then Import that into CS3.
Also, an EDL might be useful. There is another option, similar to EDL, that starts with an A, but my mind has gone blank. Others will be quick to offer that, and tell you if it would be useful in your case - sorry.
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Problem exporting a Converted CS4 project

My system:
Make: 2009 Mac Pro 4,1
OS: 10.6.4
CPU: 2 x 2.93 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
RAM: 32 GB
HDD: 4 x 1.5 TD: 1 for the OS and apps, 1 for project files, 1 for render, 1 for time machine backup
GPU: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
APP: PPro CS5 ver. 5.0
I have been working on an older CS4 project that needed a few changes and then to be finalized. I can open and work on the project just fine, but it fails on export every time. IF I am lucky, I get an error window with just an exclamation point that says "Error Compiling Movie. Unknown Error." Which is unbelievably helpful...
However, usually it will lock up my entire machine. The whole screen will be frozen with no ability to access anything and I will have to hold the power button to turn the machine off and restart. The project in question is a mix of m2t and HVX P2 footage as well as some titles and still photos totaling around 5:40 long. So far this only seems to happen with older CS4 converted projects. I have opened 4 CS4 projects and tried exporting with 50-50 results. 2 exported just fine and 2 gave me this error. However the project that inspired this post is the only one so far that has locked up my entire machine (and done so consistently) and it just so happens to be the one I need to finalize this week. I have tried exporting from Premiere and from AME by bringing in the sequence, as well as mixing up different exporting settings and codecs with nothing making a difference. The same thing happens regardless of what I try. I'm out of ideas at this point.
Please, if you have any thoughts, share them. I'm open to most suggestions. However, depending on what they are, it might take me awhile to try some things as I am not an Admin on my machine.
One more note, I am running Ver 5.0 because 5.0.1 gave me other headaches. 5.0 (until now) had been working much smoother for me so I don't consider 5.0.1 to be a solution to my problem.

Sounds like a job for "Trash Prefs Man"
http://blogs.adobe.com/genesisproject/2009/11/having_weird_behavior_with_an.html
The fact that you are finding CS5.00 to be better than CS5.01 says to me that there may be something going on with your system or your install rather than anything else.
Assuming you get the project done, I'd uninstall all of your Adobe apps, run the CS5 Clean Script a few times, do your normal Mac maintenance and then reinstall your Adobe and run all of the updates. I think then you'll find it to be a better experience. Oh, check to make sure you're running the latest nvidia driver for your Mac 4800 too.
I hope this helps,
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Footage changes when converting CS4 project to CC project

I have many CS4 projects that I have converted to CC.
Some of these CS4 projects had footage defined as a subset of images in a folder. For example:
Animation_[00000-00089].png = "C:\example\Animation_00000.png" through "C:\example\Animation_00089.png"
where the folder C:\example contains 500 images (Animation_00000.png through Animation00499.png)
After converting to CC, the new projects now have the footage defined as ALL of the images in the folder. So instead of this (CS4):
Animation_[00000-00089].png = "C:\example\Animation_00000.png" through "C:\example\Animation_00089.png"
I now have this (CC):
Animation_[00000-00499].png = "C:\example\Animation_00000.png" through "C:\example\Animation_00499.png"
Does anyone know a way around this (apart from manually replacing the footage in every project)?
Alternatively, is there an AEGP API I can use to determine what subset of the footage is used in a given layer (I'm exporting the footage via an AEGP plugin)?

I wouldn't really mess with tweaking keyframes this way and that or knowing which keyframe gets deleted: there's too great a danger that the track would be off. I'd just start over from scratch with the 23.976 footage in a 23.976 comp.
Fortunately, you've already done it once, so the process should go a lot more quickly.... and it really should take all that long, period. It would take a lot longer to try and fix the error than it would take to do it properly.

Making an AE CS4 project compatible with AE CS3

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Is there a way to save a CS4 project so it can be opened with AE CS3?
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Pau

No, not at all. The only thing you could do is to copy&paste items from CS4 back to CS3, if it's important. It will however only work on a 64bit operating system, as normal 32bit OSs will not allow to launch two instances of After Effects.
Mylenium

CS3 to CS4 Project compatibilty.

May have been asked/answered before butI missed it.
... as soon as possible can someone with CS4 advise if CS3 Projects open in CS4 (and vice versa).

Thanx
I always have a lot of legacy projects that get adapted/ reedited regularly (TVCs)
So everytime a new version emerges it is important I can successfully move the projects forward at least. I do not want to build and manage another NLE system specifically for CS4.
I have one for CS2 and one for CS3 already but that is because one is SD and the other is HD.

Cs4 project loaded as desktop mode in cs5

Hello:
Just made the full upgrade yesterday from cs4 to cs5 on windows 7 from vista using the matrox with max. Loving the HD editing. I also tried to open an SD cs4 project in cs5. While opening, and after the message that tells you it is converting to cs5, I got this message - 'The editing mode used by this sequence could not be loaded. The sequence will be opened in desktop mode.' So the project opened, I created a new sequence with the matox settings and cut and pasted the original sequence into it. Any area that had to be rendered went pixelized. The only way I could get rid of this was to remove all colour correction, effects and transitions. When I reintroduced them, I ended up with the same result. I have found a work around, and that is opening a new project and importing the old cs4 project into it rather than just trying to open the cs4 project with cs5. Rather than using matrox settings, I just rerendered the sequence and it works fine, however, I don't have my program monitor which is controled through matrox. This will be the last of two SD projects, but wondered if anyone else had this issue.
Thanks, Christine

Yes, the Export function is the best that you will be able to do. There is usually forward compatibility between versions' Projects (though with a few pitfalls and failures), but there has never been backward compatibility. Closest that I have ever seen was some CS3 Encore Projects would Open in EncoreDVD 2.0, but that does not help you.
Good luck,
Hunt

Opening CS4 Project in CS5

Hi Guys
I'm trying to open a CS4 project in CS5.
On opening I get a message saying it was created in an earlier version of Pr and must be converted. I click OK and get a screen showing all the project folders and clips with options to 'skip' or 'skip all'. I tried opening the folders but nothing is there and it says 'No items match your search'. I tried typing the project name into the 'File name' box; the same thing. I click on a clip but it that doesn't do anything either, so I click 'skip all' and when the project opens all the clips have been replaced by an image saying ' Media Offline'. I find if I right click on each clip I can relink but this would take some time as there are 75 in the project. Any ideas how I can open this project to work on?
Regards,
Graham

When you open a CS4 project in CS5, the required conversion will result in a new filename with _1 appended to the name. Then when opening this project you need to show PR where the files are located by directing it to the correct directory. Once you have done that for the first file, it will automatically find the other files in that directory. Since you have now offlined all the files by skipping them, I suggest you delete this CS5 project and import again from CS4 and taking the little time to direct PR to the correct media.

Opening CS4 file in CS3

I haven't been able to open a Premiere Pro CS4 file (.prproj) in Premiere Pro CS3. I get the message "The project could not be loaded, it may be damaged or contain outdated elements." And CS4 will not save as a CS3 file (.prproj). Why, you ask, would I want to bring an edited CS4 file into CS3??? Because the FLVs produced by CS4 are "soft" (blurred) compared to FLV files produced in CS3 and I don't want to have to re-edit the production. Does anyone know if it's possible to get an edited file from CS4 into CS3? Thanks!

Backward compatibility is seldom possible, if ever. Closest that I have come is Encore CS3 Projects do Open in EncoreDVD 2.0, with few issues, but that is the ONLY instance that I have seen.
Now, one could Export from CS4 and then Import the resulting file in CS3 for the FLV Export. Maybe the Lagarith Lossless CODEC would help here?
Another way might be to take the CS4 Project into AE and then take that into CS3. Have not tried this, so there could be a few pit-falls and workarounds.
Sorry, but compatibility is usually one way - up and never down.
Good luck,
Hunt

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