- Here we'll 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 do need to know your versioning
in order to be able to work effectively
with the exercise files I've provided.
This course was initially recorded using the Premiere Pro
Creative Cloud April 2018 version of the software.
Sometimes this is referred to as the 2018.1 version.
This release of Premiere Pro is also referred to as
12.1 with the code word Kentos.
So to figure out what version you are running,
you can go to the Premiere Pro menu on a Mac
and choose About Premiere Pro,
and if you're on a PC, that's under the Help menu.
So for example, you can see here's my Premiere Pro menu,
I'll choose About Premiere Pro, and you can see that
I have version 12.1, code word Kentos.
If you're in the future and you've already upgraded to
a newer version, there will likely be
more numbers after that decimal point.
Now if you'd ever like to upgrade your software
to 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 installed,
which I would definitely recommend,
this is a great way to keep tabs on your
Creative Cloud apps, and it's very easy
to update straight from there,
or you can log in to 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 for you?
Well, if you're working in the same version that I recorded
the course in, you're golden, you don't have to do anything.
If, however, you're using a version of Premiere Pro
that is older than the April 2018.1 version,
then it's gonna tell you that the project was saved
in a newer version of Premiere Pro,
and can't be opened in this version.
And unfortunately, that's it.
So if you're in an older version, either go for an
earlier Premiere Pro training in our library,
or just upgrade your software to the most recent version,
and you'll be good to go.
If you're using a version of Premiere Pro that is newer
than the April 2018.1 version, 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.
It just appends a one onto the project name,
and you can change that if you want to,
and then you just say okay, and when you
do that it creates a whole new project file,
and it doesn't touch the old one,
and you'll be able to work with that project no problem.
Alright, so hopefully that helps in
laying out any versioning questions that you have.
Regardless, you should be able to get up and
running on whatever version you're working in.