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  • Motion Project Maximum File Size

    Posted by Nick Callan on September 8, 2014 at 10:18 pm

    Hi,
    Is there any guidance regarding the maximum file size of a Motion 5 project?
    I have an animated text project that ballooned in size to over 200mb. I thought it might have been because of a bunch of inverted masks I added but I’ve deleted a lot of layers and groups and the project file keeps increasing in size and consequently takes a long time to open (Around 20 minutes!). When it does eventually open it works fine.
    Is there anything in particular that adds to the size of a Motion project that I should be aware of or anything I can delete to reduce the file size? It seemed to jump from circa 20mb to over 200mb and I can’t see any logic as to why.
    Thanks in advance for any advice.
    Nick.

    Nick Callan replied 11 years, 11 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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  • Nick Callan

    September 9, 2014 at 9:06 am

    I’ve localised this issue to a single group that has 30 layers in it.
    Is there a smart way to handle this or am I best to export that group as a .mov and re-import to the project, deleting the original group?
    A more versatile solution than that would be really nice.
    Thanks again,
    Nick.

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