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  custom templates – sometimes previews save, sometimes not

  Posted by Jason Powell on December 19, 2008 at 3:47 pm

  When I create custom templates for a FCP project, sometimes the template saves a preview file after modification in Motion, sometimes not.

  Since this preview file generation can take a minute or so, it can become time consuming when working with multiple templates on a timeline. I am curious as to how Motion decides to save some templates instantly while requiring the preview save process on others.

  Is there a way to predictably save (or not) the preview file? I know that I get the choice when doing a “Save as Template” but I don’t like that it won’t show me a proper file requester using that option. It becomes laborious to manually type out the template name if modifying a previously created template.

  If I do a regular old Command-S save I am not given the option to save the preview file or not. “Save as” gives me the file requester but again no option to turn off the preview save.

  Any ideas?

  Jason Powell replied 17 years, 4 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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