Trouble updating old project files...

I'm running into mulitple issues trying to update an old project for a client....
The previous project was created in MX2004 and while trying to import the project into 11.5, I'm hitting all kinds of walls.
1. Previous developed integrated INM Impressario into the project, and from my research, it seems that may have been discontinued.
2. When attempting to update the movie and casts, Director is bringing up error messages "Problem writing...." and "Having trouble saving..."
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I used the Impressario Xtra a while back with Director 11.5 without any major problems.
It seems likely that you trying to use version 3 when you need to use version 4.
You may need to remove the Impressario parts of project before updating and then redo them.

Similar Messages

Old Project Files

I currently have final cut pro HD, but found some old project files that I would like to re-edit that I created using Final Cut Pro 3. Unfortunately the project files just show up as a "Unix Executable" file and if I try to open them in FCP it says "Wrong Type". What can I do to update these project files so I can open them again?
Thanks
Dual 2Ghz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

astella,
(1) This portion is not elgible for points: "When you are ready to quit this thread it would be an act of politeness and an aid to the health of this forum if you would award points to those who have been most helpful to you, giving the "solved starfish" to the one most helpful and the "helpful" points to the two next-most-helpful. Also, on your way out the door you should mark the thread as "answered."
If you do not know how to do these things, post again and someone will help."
(2) This portion is elgible, should you care to do so: "Software Architects, Inc., http://wwwsoftarch.com, has a product, GreatVideo! for Mac OS X, which is supposed to make almost any DVD readable by a Mac. I have used it to bring in DVD-R/W created by Panasonic/PC."
LM

Problems with updating old .EPS files

Hi All,
We have a strange need to resave/update old .EPS files with color TIF previews. The problem occurs when Illy files are relink in either Quark/Indy and are updated with the wrong import size and/or positions shifted. My conclusion from varies tests suggest it's the preview that is causing layouts to rethink that it's a new file and therefore reposition the updated links. Does anyone know a working solution that can prevent image import percentage from changing or art positions from shifting?
Thank you!

Bump.
Is there no solution for this problem?

Necessary to "Update" old illustrator files?

I have tons of files created in old illustrator 6.0 and now that I have a newer version of illustrator, specifically CS2, loaded on Mac OS X it's calling all of my illustrator files "Text Files."
It says, "This file contains text that was created in a previous version of Illustrator. This legacy text must be updated before you can edit it." It asks you to either Choose Update or OK to update later.
Should I take the time to update all of these files now? I'm just archiving them. I have thousands of files and it would take time to open them all and update each one. If I don't update now though, will I be stuck later in years to come, with files that won't open at all, as operating systems progress, etc?
2) If I open a file, hit update and then hit save or save as, Logo A for instance will be renamed Logo A [Converted].ai - My question is should I just leave the brackets and the word converted or should I get rid of it?
3) Also, if I open a file, hit update and then hit save or save as it goes to "illustrator Options". In this dialog box it defaults to "Use Compression". Should I just leave it checked or deselect it? (I'm scared of the word "compression" as I just spent the last several days decompressing old Disk Doubler files using an OS 9 emulator. I was lucky to be able to do this.)
4) In this Illustrator Options dialog box it always gives me two warnings for these old files - The Document Raster Effects resolution is 72 ppi or less. What does this mean? Should I try and change it? If so, how? The other warning is "only fonts with appropriate permission bits will be embedded. What does this mean?
Please keep answers as simple as possible. Thanks so much.

Lala,
Most of this just boils down to personal preference and/or common sense.
I have tons of files created in old illustrator 6.0 and now that I have...CS2...Mac OS X [is] calling all of my illustrator files "Text Files."...Should I take the time to update all of these files now?
That's just a file-association issue on the OS, mostly for icon and doubleClicking-to-open. It doesn't mean you can't open the file in a later version of the creating program. Here's the main thing: Can you still directly open AI 6 files in the current version of AI (CS5)? If yes (as I suspect), then whether you update all these files before archiving them or not is just a question of what you consider most convenient. Do you prefer to have all your archive files already updated to current-version AI, or do you prefer to update them on an as-needed basis?
Personally, I opt for the as-needed route. I also have thousands of archive files. But I'm not going to open and resave them all (and mess with replacing legacy fonts, etc., etc.) with every new version of the host program. One could make a career of that. (And Illustrator is far from the only program I use.) In my case, the majority of those legacy files will never be needed again. Although I keep good backups, I always make it a point to make sure my clients know I am under no obligation to indefinitely archive my working files for their completed projects. (Anyone who takes on that liability, without being in that business and charging for it is flirting with disaster.) I provide the customer copies of what is necessary for the reproduction and uses he has contracted for, and he bears responsibility for redundant backup security of the files provided if he deems it necessary.
I'm just archiving them. I have thousands of files...will I be stuck later in years to come, with files that won't open at all...?
As long as the current version still supports the legacy format, it still boils down to whether you want to have all your archive files already updated or update them as-needed.
Now, eventually a new version of the host program may completely break backward file compatibility with a legacy format. That actually happened once in the history of FreeHand when a major modernization of the program was done. If a FH user at that time chose not to update their legacy files, then they would have to do a 2-step update, first using the latest version that did maintained the legacy compatibility, then to the current version. Even then, I did not convert all my archives (especially those for long-inactive accounts.)
The potential larger issue in that kind of scenario would be whether the "middle step" version of the host application will still run on the current-version OS. No one can predict that years and years in advance.
(Aside: For that matter, what assurance do we have that the next computer technology that everyone flocks to--say, organic computing with true artificial intelligence--will not break compatibilty with every existing PDF, CD, DVD, hard disk, VHS tape, Flash drive, Zip drive, Syquest disk, SCSI device, and AI file on the planet? On the other hand, I'm still able to use FH11 without a hitch on Windows Vista--haven't tried it yet on Windows 7. I'd love to try a copy of Windows FH 8--that was a clean drawing program--but only have a Mac version.)
It says "This file contains text that was created in a previous version of Illustrator. This legacy text must be updated..." It asks you to either Choose Update or OK to update later.
Fairly recently (much more recently than version 6), Illustrator's very archaic text objects were updated to a...well...less archaic structure. For backward compatibility, Adobe included a "conversion" routine to give you the option of updating the older text objects. Understand, you can still open, work with, and even re-save the file with the legancy text objects if you have need to. So again, do you really want to do this to all your archive files?(Understand, the reason for the warning in the first place is that the changes affect spacing and therefore potentially line wrapping, and other type-specific things; so if you are truly "updating" the file, i.e.; making it Johnny-on-the-spot, ready-to-go print-ready, you may have some re-typesetting to do. Do you really want to do that on all your legacy files right now?)
Logo A for instance will be renamed Logo A [Converted].ai ...should I just leave the brackets and the word converted...?
That's also just up to you. Makes no functional difference. Appending the word "converted" is intended as a mere file naming convenience. (FileMaker does the same thing by default, for example, when opening an Excel spreadsheet and thereby converting it to a FileMaker database.) For one thing, it lets you save the new file to the same directory as the original file without overwriting it. (In the FileMaker scenario, I always delete the "converted" because the .xls and .fp7 file extensions themselves are going to prevent accidental overwrites. In Illustrator, I never keep the multiple-version files anyway, so I also delete the "converted".)
... it goes to "illustrator Options"...defaults to "Use Compression". ...I'm scared of the word "compression"...
I'm not "afraid" of compression, but I never use application-specific file compression. It just creates other inconveniences in collaboration with others. For example, for many years Corel has provided the option of saving Draw files as compressed or not. It is a very common ocurrence for an AI user to receive a Draw file they should be able to open but can't, just because the Draw user forgot to not save it with compression (or didn't know better).
Yeah, Adobe's marketing might like to think I and everyone else in the world uses only its products, but the real world (thankfully) still isn't that close-minded.
The Document Raster Effects resolution is 72 ppi or less. What does this mean?
See online Help for what Document Rster Effects setting is all about. You need to understand it; but it doesn't really have anything significant to do with the question of updating legacy files. 72 ppi is the default, so if you update a legacy file from a version that predates raster effects, that's the setting the new document is going to get. But since there were no raster effects in the old file, it has no real bearing. But that setting is something you should be familiar with regarding any file you are sending to print, regardless of when.
The other warning is "only fonts with appropriate permission bits will be embedded. What does this mean?
You're getting this when converting legacy AI files? An EPS or PDF file may have embedded fonts, but (correct me if I'm wrong) not an AI6 file, unless the "Save with Acrobat compatibility" option was available in AI6.
At any rate, that's nothing new. Some programs can try to embed fonts in a file to facilitate remote printing and display (but not editing) without having to do the old-world "bundle for output" routine. If you happen to be the typeface designer, of course, you may not be too happy about that. So such features have had to provide the typeface foundry an opt-out. Some typeface vendors are almost as piracy-paranoid as Adobe--much to the dissatisfaction of their legitimate customers. So there is a setting in font files that the font creator can set to disallow embedding of the font. One example of particular distress to me is ITC Officina. Nowadays, I make a point to never purchase fonts that can't be embeded in a PDF. So ITC (or whomever actually owns the thing now) has at least one unhappy legitimately-licensed customer who has stopped using one of his favorite fonts and won't buy an updated version unless and until this nonsense is corrected. Again, it's really a non-issue re file version updating. You can't do anything (well, anything practical) about a font that doesn't allow embedding anyway. The warning is just a "reminder"; it's a standard alert whenever saving a file in a format that tries to embed fonts.
JET

HT6012 iMovie 10.0.6 not updating old projects after upgrade

I upgraded my kids iMac to Yosemite, and upgraded iMovie to the latest version. Existing events and projects weren't showing up, so I did the step outlined to update the projects and events from previous versions. My events are there, but the projects aren't. i've verified they are all there in the top level directory for Movies, just like the folder with the old "iMovie Events" but it doesn't seem to want to pull them in. Is there any other way to get my old projects into this new version of iMovie?

Hi I had the same issue and fixed it with deleting "UpdatedtoiMovie10" see step 4.
n the Finder, click the Go menu and choose Home.
Open the Movies folder.
Move the “iMovie Library” file to the Trash.
Note: If you have imported content or created projects with iMovie version 10.0, do not delete this file.
In the iMovie Projects and iMovie Events folders, you’ll find a file named “UpdatedtoiMovie10.” Move this file to the Trash from both folders.
Open iMovie.
Choose File > Update Projects and Events.

IMovie 10 have to force quit during update of Project files

I have installed Mavericks and now have the newest iMovie. I get the following dialog box (see below) when it is on the last file during an Update. I click "OK" and then the bar continues to scroll and I get the spinning beach ball. Finally I have to force quit iMovie as it is not responding. I have tried just having it import just the most recent movies but get the same dialog box. When I try the old iMovie 9.9 it loads all the projects with no problem. I had two projects that used movies created on an iPhone 5 so I removed those two projects from the projects folder, but no change.
Anyone have a suggestion on how to correct this situation?
I guess I can just work with new projects in this new version as the projects I've been trying to update are completed and saved to other media.

iMovie 10.0.1 has been released to address reliability issues when updating projects and events from previous versions of iMovie. Specifically, iMovie could appear to stop responding or quit unexpectedly during the update process.
If you encountered these issues, you should now be able to update your projects and events successfully. To do this, visit the link below and follow the instructions listed in the section "If updating is interrupted or takes an extended period of time."
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6012

Update old DNG files in LR?

I have some old DNG files converted in LR 1.0. How do I make sure that this files are updated to the latest version of the DNG standard and with the latest improvements and bug fixes for my cameras raw format? Is this handled while I save metadata or do I have to update the DNG file?
Can anybody from Adobe explain why there is hopefully no difference between having a file converted 2 years ago compared to having a nef file and convert it to day with latest version of the DNG converter?

I'm not from Adobe, but IIRC (If I Remember Correctly), you can upgrade the DNGs with the latest version of the DNG converter.

How to update old projects/events FCPX 10.1.1?

So back when I updated FCPX to version 10.1, I updated most of my old projects and events to be consolidated into a new library. However, at the time I still left some of those projects/events in the "hidden" folder, so they were then placed in the "OLD FInal Cut Projects and Events" folder. I'm working locally on my computer because these are older, smaller projects.
Now, when I go into FCPX to try to update these old projects and events, it won't let me update them. When I go to locate into the "OLD Final Cut Projects and Events" folder, it is all greyed out and won't let me update anything. Does anyone know a way around this?? Seems counterintuitive that they've made the old projects/events obsolete, because now I need to work off them!
Specs: MBP 17 in. OSX 10.9.2, 2.53 ghz, 8GB RAM.

The app needs to see those projects/event in the right place and in folders named Final Cut Projects and Final Cut Events, respectively. Those two folders should be at the root level of an external (non boot) drive and/or in your Home Movies folder on your boot drive.
If they are correctly named and located, FCP will see them when you chose Update Projects and Events from the Fiue menu…choose locate then navigate to the drive/folder.
Russ

Will I lose my old project files etc with upgrading to FCP 2

Hi
I think after upgrading to Leopard with FCP Studio 1 not able to use compressor or DVD Studio Pro to burn. I think I need to upgrade to Studio 2 as my only logical answer without major problems. If I upgrade from 5.0.1 PowerPC version to Studio 2 will my old projects be moved over to upgrade no problem?
Thanks
Jason

Thanks for the reply guys! Do any of you see another solution to the problem of leopard and using the older apps? I guess it is better to start new after installing leopard. Lastly do I need to trash the old FCP 1 before install of FCP 2 or does it just upgrade it?
Thanks Jason

Delete bad mixes or old project files

I just started using the Garageband app on my iPhone. I love it! I'm probably overlooking something simple, but how do I delete files that I have exported. I did a few mixes of a tune that I want to delete. I can see them in iTunes, but don't know how to delete them. I'd like to be able to do the same for Garageband project files that I exported. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Highlight a file in the file sharing area. Press delete on the keyboard.
Yep, I too searched in vain for an icon or context menu, but delete does the trick.
tt2

Premiere Pro CC2014 Last Update - Old Project not opend

after you have the latest update, all of my projects have trouble being open. Premiere timeline and open the file, but I do not see the preview, I do not see the clip in the Monitor. I only hear audio and see nothing. before the update everything worked
Someone can help me?

Mac Pro 4.1 quad core intel xenon - 2.26 Ghz - 8 core - 32GB Ram - nvidia quadro 4000 VRAM 2048
Premiere loads all the files but do not see anything, all monitors are gray, I hear audio only.
If I play in timeline, I do not see video, double click on the clip in the source monitor but nothing remains gray.
Help, it only happens after I did the update

Final Cut Pro Update - Old Projects & Events

Hi, Final Cut updated my folder structure (making it super confusing) and now I have a folder with a purple icon that has 4 stars that says "Macintosh HD's Projects & Events" and also a "Macintosh HD Old Final Cut Projects & Events" folder.
The "new" one is 315GB and the old one is over 500GB. Between the two I am now very low on harddrive space.
My question.... Can I delete the "Old" folder of projects & events? When I look at the new folder it appears to have everything in it, but I just wanted to make sure before I delected 500GB of projects.
Thanks,
Chris

Don't delete anything until the update process is completed and you are happy with the results.
A thing called Hard Links has occured that really uses little drive space.
It may appear that there are TWO large files but it's not really the case.
Check this info to know what's happening:
http://www.rippletraining.com/fcpx-features.html
Al

Updating old project - stuck on Livetype

I'm revising a project that is a couple years old. The last time I worked on it I was still using my Powerbook (stop chuckling! be nice!) I used Livetype for several titles. Now, on my MBP, livetype is not installed and is no longer part of the Final Cut Studio. How can I restore my Livetype titles?
I found Livetype app on my FCS1 disks, but I would need to install Rosetta to get this working on my MBP. Do i want to do this?
Thanks for your help.

LiveType in FCS 1 deposits its own .pkg file in Library/Receipts so it should update.
Software Update uses stored .pkg files to determine what updates are available.
The highest you can go is LiveType version 2.1.
I run a copy of FCS 1 with LiveType 2.1 on a G4 with Mac OS X 10.5.8.
Another respected member here recently posted that LiveType 2.1 also works without problems in Mac OS X 10.6. [See here|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2689835&tstart=0].

Update several project files based in one project

I have several projects, one for each application in the same
business area.
Some of these manuals share information. I'd like to have a
central project where I have information shared in all (or some)
projects, and automatically update it in all other projects. Is
this possible?
It's similar to the concept of having a master project - but
instead of having this project updated considering all others, I'd
like to have all projects updated considering the alteration in a
central project.

Hi garcia3000 and welcome to the RH community.
There is no way to automatically update the other projects
with the amended central project. If you use merged projects you
could merge the central project into the other project's TOC.
However this stores a local copy of the central project in the
project's baggage folder. If the central project is amended, you'll
have to re-add the amended CHM to the baggage files folder.

Updating old projects problem

Dear All,
I've recently opened a project made on an older edition of iMovie, not an ancient one (Probably iMovie 5, I'm not at my mac right now). As I now have HD (6 I think, or whatever the most recent upgrade is) it said that it would convert it. It did so rather strangely in as much as there's now a black band over the bottom third of the screen. So it's kind of no good. I tried with a copy of another year old proiject and it did the same.
What are my options here? Can I reinstall iMovie 5 and have it on a seprate disc or something to open dpecific old problems? Or is there a way to get round this (I suspect familiar) fault?
Many thanks
Dan

Hi Tony
New problem to me. I would check up the version-mixes of:
- Mac OS + iMovie + MOST OF ALL QuickTime !!!
Mac OS X.3.9 + iMovie 5.0.2 + QT 6.5.2 = A very good mix
Mac OS X.4.8 + iM 6.0.3 + QT 7.1.3 = Also a working combination.
I would open the iMovie project (the icon) and check that the imported video
files are OK and then:
- delete iMovie pref file
- Run Repair Permissions (Apple Disk Util tool)
- Start a new iMovie project - close it
- and move the media files - manually into this - then restart and move in the
content in the trash-basket to the shelf or TimeLine.
Test and see if it is OK this way.
Yours Bengt W

Trouble updating old project files...

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for