- In this movie, we're gonna discuss a bit about
the versioning issues in this course.
This is important because Premiere Pro project files
are not fluidly backwards and forwards compatible
among versions, so you need to know your versioning
in order to be able to work effectively with
the exercise files I've provided.
Now, this course was initially recorded using the
Premiere Pro Creative Cloud June 2015 version
of the software.
Sometimes, it's referred to 2015.0 and as new versions
are released, it will increase to .1, .2, and so on.
This release of Premiere Pro is also referred to as
version 9.0 with the code word Paper Plane.
As new versions are released, it will increase
to .1, .2, and so on.
So, to figure out what version of
Premiere Pro Creative Cloud you're running,
just start up any project, and then for a Mac,
go to the Premiere Pro menu and choose About Premiere Pro.
And on a PC, go to the Help menu and choose
About Premiere Pro.
Okay, so I'm in my software, and I'm on a Mac.
I'll go to my Premiere Pro menu and About Premiere Pro.
And you can see that I have the 2015.0 release
and I'm on version 9.0 Paper Plane.
Now, if you wanna upgrade your software and take advantage
of the most up-to-date features, you absolutely can,
as long as your subscription is active.
If you have the Creative Cloud desktop application installed
which, again, I would definitely recommend,
you can simply manage your updates from here,
or you can log onto your Creative Cloud account
and download the update from Adobe's website.
Now, what does this mean for how you can work with
the exercise files that I've provided?
Well, if you're using the same version that I recorded
in this course, you're golden, you don't have to do a thing.
If, however, you're using a version of Premiere Pro
that is older than the June 2015 version, or version 9.0,
then it's gonna tell you that the project was saved
in a newer version of Premiere Pro and cannot be opened
in your version.
And unfortunately, that's it, if you're on an older version,
either go for the 2014 Premiere Pro training on lynda.com
or upgrade your software to the most recent version
so you can work with these exercise files.
However, if you're on a version of Premiere Pro
that is newer than the June 2015 version 9,
then when you try to launch the project,
you'll receive a different prompt.
This time, it tells you that the project must be converted
to work with the newer software.
By default, it appends an underscore 1,
and you can change that if you want to,
and then you just say OK, and when you do that,
it creates a whole new project, and it doesn't touch
the old one, and you can work with the exercise files.
Okay, so hopefully that helps in laying out any
version questions that you have.
Regardless, you should be able to get up and running
on whatever version you're working with,
and then dive right in to the exercise files.