File menu – Apple Motion 3 User Manual
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Chapter 1
Getting to Know Motion
File Menu
This menu contains functions and commands that deal with files on your disk that are
associated with Motion.
New: Creates a new Motion document (Command-N).
Open: Opens a dialog from which you can choose a Motion project to open
(Command-O).
Open Template: Displays the Template Browser, from which you can choose one of the
built-in templates (Shift-Command-O).
Open Recent: This submenu lists the ten most recently opened files. This allows you
quick access to the projects you have been working on recently. You can clear the list
by choosing Clear Menu from the bottom of the submenu.
Close: Closes the currently selected window. If the Canvas is the currently selected
window, and the project has not been saved, Motion asks you to save the project
before closing the window (Command-W). Press Option-Command-W to close all
windows.
Save: Stores the current state of the selected project to disk (Command-S). Press
Option-Command-S to save all open projects.
Save As: Saves the current state of the selected project with a new name (Shift-
Command-S).
Save As Template: Saves the current project as a template. For more information on
working with templates, see “
Creating New Projects from Templates
Revert: Restores the selected project to the last saved state. All of the work done since
the last save is lost. Use caution; you cannot undo this operation.
Restore from Autosave: Displays a dialog from which you can choose a project saved
to the Autosave Vault.
Import: Opens the Import Files dialog and lets you choose a file from disk to import
into your project (Command-I).
Import as Project: Displays the Import File as Project dialog. The file you choose is
automatically placed into the Canvas of a newly created project. If multiple items are
selected, they are all placed in the same project (Shift-Command-I).
Export: Displays the Export dialog so you can output your current project to a file on
disk (Command-E). For more information on the various Export settings, see Chapter 14,
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