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  • Motion Layouts wont save

    Posted by Dixon Johnston on June 30, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    My Window layouts wont save.
    Im working in Motion 2.
    I dont know exactly where they are supposed to be saved, so I cant backtrack it that way. Basically, I rearrange the windows every time I open a project.
    When I go to “save current layout”, I enter the name in the field, “enter” and it goes away. It never shows back up under the layout tab, where I always have the same 2 options “Standard” and “Alternate”-“Cinema” is grayed out. Ive trashed preferences, and reinstalled the from the Motion 2 crossgrade discs.
    Any advice is greatly appreciated.

    Thanks in advance, Dixon

    Dixon Johnston
    Creative services Director-WRIC

    Dual 2.0 G5, 4G RAM
    OSX 10.4.1, FCP 5.1, QT 7
    AJA Io-Beta SX (SDI)

    Dixon Johnston replied 16 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Ariane Fisher

    June 30, 2009 at 9:34 pm

    The UI layouts should be at:

    userLibraryApplication SupportFinal Cut StudioMotionUI Layouts

  • Dixon Johnston

    July 1, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    Thank you! Problem solved
    I couldn’t find the folder because it didn’t exist! Although I’ve reinstalled Motion 2 a few times, it never actually created the UI Layouts folder-weird! My solution, using your file path as a starting point was this:
    I copied the folder from another Edit suite which had 2 saved custom window layouts, and put it in the right place on my machine-now everything is saving.

    Dixon Johnston
    Creative services Director-WRIC

    Dual 2.0 G5, 4G RAM
    OSX 10.4.1, FCP 5.1, QT 7
    AJA Io-Beta SX (SDI)

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