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34Motion User Guide
Save, autosave, and revert projects in Motion
It’s wise to save early and often as you work on your project. In addition to preserving your
work for future use, Motion’s save commands can be used in other ways to manage the
development of your project. For example, if you want to keep your current composition
but create a variant version, use the Save As command. If you want to gather all media
used in a Motion project into a single folder, use the Collect Media option when you save.
There are also commands that let you revert to a previously saved version of your project.
Save a project
1. In Motion, choose File > Save (or press Command-S).
If the project has not been saved, a save dialog appears.
Note: If the project has been saved, the project file is updated without opening a dialog.
2. Enter a name into the Save As field, choose a save location on your computer or storage
device, then click Save.
Save a duplicate of a project
1. In Motion, choose File > Save As (or press Shift-Command-S).
2. In the dialog that appears, enter a name in the Save As field, choose a save location on
your computer or storage device, then click Save.
Save a project and collect all project media into a folder
When saving a project, you can have Motion copy all media files used in the project into a
single folder, making portability and backup easier.
1. In Motion, choose File > Save As (or press Shift-Command-S).
2. In the dialog that appears, click the Collect Media pop-up menu, then choose Copy
to Folder.
If you want to collect all media files in your project, including those not used in the
current composition, select Include Unused Media.
3. Enter a new name for the file in Save As field, choose a save location on your computer
or storage device, then click Save.
Motion creates a folder with the name specified in the Save As field and places two
items in the folder:
• A project file with the same name as the folder
• A folder named “Media” containing all media files used in the project