Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 153)

Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Projects 153
To save a duplicate of a project:
1 Choose File > Save As (or press Shift+Command+S).
The Save As sheet drops down from the title bar.
2 Type a new name into the Save As field, choose a location on your hard drive, then click
Save.
Important: When using the Save As command, it’s important to use a name that is
different from the name of any previously saved versions of the same project.
Otherwise, you run the risk of overwriting a previous version of this project file that you
want to keep. You’ll be warned if this happens.
To save all open projects:
1 Press Option, then choose File > Save All (or press Command+Option+S).
2 If all open project files have already been saved, the Save All command simply updates
them. If any open project has not been saved, enter a name in its Save As field, then
click Save.
Note: The Save All command only appears when you press Option while opening the
File menu.
Using Autosave
Motion automatically saves backups of your project in a folder on your hard drive. In
the Project pane of Motion Preferences, you can specify how frequently projects are
automatically saved, as well as the location of the saved files. Saved projects are time-
and date-stamped.
Use Autosave Vault: Instructs Motion to store autosaved projects to the location
specified in the Autosave Vault Folder parameter.
Save a copy every: Specifies how often, in minutes, a project is saved.
Keep at most: Tells Motion how many versions of the autosaved project to store in the
vault.
Maximum of: Tells Motion the maximum number of different autosaved projects to
store in the vault.
To store autosaved projects in a specific location:
1 Choose Motion > Preferences (or press Command+,).
2 Click Project.
3 In the Autosave group, turn on Use Autosave Vault.
By default, the Autosave Vault folder is located in a folder called Motion Projects in your
Documents folder in your home directory.
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