Update dg_prem_proj.bash

[dzg]

1. Output was to folder where script was run, not where original .prproj was
2. Trash file with -E suffix left behind

[jdrub]

i think this addition would remove the backup in case something goes wrong, I'd rather leave that as-is so that someone doesn't potentially lose their entire project

[ocelotsloth]

You can actually do something like

UNZIPPED=$(gunzip < $file)

where $file is the file path. This just unpacks the project to a bash variable, which you can then pipe into sed.

Likewise, you can write the downgraded file like this:

echo "$MODIFIED" | gzip > ${file%.*}-downgraded.prproj

which will basically write input-downgraded.prproj for any given input.prproj.

Wrap the whole thin in a

for file in "$@"
do
        ...
done

and you can insert the script into an Automator workflow plugin for Finder and perform the downgrade by just right clicking any prproj file and using a Quick Action.

Your implementation is a bit different from mine, but I came across yours after having made a similar utility here https://github.com/ocelotsloth/downgrade-premiere-prproj.

[jdrub]

👍