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Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Projects 193
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-comma).
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.
To set a new location for the Autosave vault:
m Click Choose and select a new location in the dialog.
To 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.
Reverting Projects
The Revert command discards all changes you’ve made to a project since the last time
you saved it. The Revert command is especially useful as a tool for trying out numerous
changes in your project. You can save your project in the state you like it, then make all
the changes you want. If you don’t like the result, use the Revert command to
immediately go back to the way it was before.
Note: You can also use Motion’s unlimited undo feature to achieve the same purpose in
incremental steps. For more information on the Undo command, see “Edit Menu” on
page 161.
To revert a project to the last saved version:
m Choose File > Revert.