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192 Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Projects
To save a duplicate of a project:
1 Choose File > Save As (or press Shift-Command-S).
The Save As dialog appears.
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.
Collect Media
When saving a project, Motion gives you the option to automatically gather together
the media used in your project. The media is collected in a folder of your designation.
The advantage to collecting your media is that it makes portability and backup easier,
as well as organizing all your project media in a single place. By default, Collect Media
is turned off.
To use the Collect Media save function:
1 Choose File > Save As (or press Command-Shift-S).
The Save As dialog appears.
2 Choose Copy to Folder from the Collect Media pop-up menu.
Choosing the Copy to Folder option creates a folder with the name specified in the
Save As field. A Motion project file of the same name is created within that folder, as
well as a folder named “Media,” which contains all the media used in the project.
If the Collect Media option is used, you have the option to specify whether unused
media are collected as well.