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Use autosave
Motion saves backups of your project in a folder on your hard disk. In the Cache pane of Motion
Preferences, you can specify how frequently projects are saved, as well as the location of the
saved les. Saved projects are time- and date-stamped. For more information about autosave, see
Cache pane on page 120 .
Store autosaved projects in a specic location
1 Choose Motion > Preferences (or press Command-Comma).
2 Click Cache.
3 In the Autosave group, select Use Autosave Vault.
By default, the Autosave Vault folder is located in your /Users/username/Movies/Motion Projects/
folder.
Set a location for the Autosave Vault folder
m In the Cache pane of Motion Preferences, click Choose and select a location in the dialog.
Revert to an autosaved project
1 Choose File > Restore From Autosave.
The Restore Project dialog appears.
2 Choose a saved project from the pop-up menu.
Revert projects
The Revert to Saved command discards all changes you’ve made to a project since the last time
you saved it. The Revert command is useful as a tool for trying out changes in your project. You
can save your project in the state you like it, then make the changes you want. If you don’t like
the result, use the Revert to Saved command to immediately go back to the way it was before.
Note: You can also use the application’s unlimited undo feature to achieve the same purpose in
incremental steps. For more information on the Undo command, see Edit menu on page 100.
Revert a project to the last saved version
m Choose File > Revert to Saved.
Important: This command cannot be undone.
Open and close projects
You can open a saved project le in the Finder or from within Motion. Multiple projects can be
open at the same time.
Open a project le in the Finder
Do one of the following:
m Double-click a Motion project le.
m Select a Motion project le, then drag it onto the Motion application icon in the Applications
folder or in the Dock (if you’ve placed a Motion application icon in the Dock).
m Select a Motion project le, then choose File > Open (or press Command-O).
m Control-click a Motion project le, then choose Open from the shortcut menu.
Motion starts and opens the selected project.
Open a project le from within Motion using the Open command
1 Choose File > Open (or press Command-O).
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