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Premier Pro Project Online DowngraderNotice:
This tool is not yet able to convert Premiere 2021 or 2022 projects to earlier versions. I’m working on a fix to this but it’s proving more complicated than I hoped.
A Premiere project (.prproj) file is basically an xml file wrapped up in gzip compression. One of the nodes contains a version number corresponding to the version of Premiere which created it. Premiere checks this when opening a file and refuses to open anything with a lower version number, even when the project is basically compatible: “This project was saved in a newer version of Adobe Premiere Pro and cannot be opened in this version.”
This tool simply changes that version number to ‘1’ and creates a gzip compressed file which Premiere can read. You can perform the same process yourself manually, as described here, however this tool makes it simple.
Because this is a cheat, some filters and effects may be lost when converting.
Convert NowAnother Solution that may works for you:
Fixed “The project could not be loaded, it may be damaged or contain outdated elements.”
I followed above the video but these messages showed up.
How I fixed it.
1 step – Open premiere new version (my version 2024)
Go to File menu\Export\Final Cut Pro XML\ Just save. You don’t need to change anything
2 step – Open premiere old version (my version 2020)
Go to File menu\Open Project\Open XML file
That’s it. I hope it it helps you.
When I open XML file, my premiere 2020 is a few seconds lagged then normally worked.
