Each of the following CC apps provide the ability to export to the CS6 version of the program: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Animate (previously called Flash Professional), and After Effects” – with the caveat that, “New features added may not be supported in the exported file or implemented by the CS6 application.” And the same would go for CS5, CS4, or CS3. Going the other way, when wanting to use CS6 or older tools to open a file saved from a CC product, the answer is it depends… Adobe officially states, “Many of the Creative Cloud desktop applications can export files to the older Creative Suite 6 version of the same tool.

The only exception to this is Premiere Pro, where it’s best to open/edit projects in the same versions that created them.

In other words, all Adobe software is able to read or import file formats from previous versions of the same program – and it should happen seamlessly and automatically. Generally, your new CC tools will be able to open and use any and all earlier CS project and data files – including CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5, and CS6 files – with no problem or loss of information. In the past, new Adobe product versions have often brought different or expanded file formats to support significant new features – and customers want to know if their existing projects will easily carry forward with them when they upgrade, or if they will be able to save back to older formats for coworkers or clients who may still be running an earlier revision of the programs… In fact, since Adobe’s flagship creative toolset CC 2019 is now seven major releases past CS6 from 2012 (which they no longer sell), file version compatibility can sometimes be an important decision point in moving forward. Now that the Adobe CC release has become ubiquitous with over 30 million paid customers, some folks are asking us whether the new versions of the tools in the Creative Cloud can read or save older data/document/project file formats like CS6, CS5.5, CS5, CS4 & CS3…

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