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Inspiring
September 28, 2022
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BACKGROUND AUTO-SAVE, Auto-save should not interrupt your workflow

  • September 28, 2022
  • 56 replies
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The title says it all. Auto-save should function in the background and NOT pop up with an annoying progress bar every time it runs. Gets REALLY bad on large project files when auto-saves take up to a min every single time.

Total workflow killer. Should be just like taking snapshots of your project in the background while continue working.

The dialog even pops up and steals focus from another app you're in.

    56 replies

    Inspiring
    September 28, 2022
    Drives me crazy
    charvie
    Participating Frequently
    September 28, 2022
    Er, as a follow up to the comment I submitted prematurely...
    Since AE won't run scripts while a dialog is open and it's busy, rarely (but still frequently enough to be an issue), I try and run a script right as autosave begins, which will crash / break my script.
    charvie
    Participating Frequently
    September 28, 2022
    It can also break scripts, since AE won't run scripts while a dialog is open...
    Inspiring
    September 28, 2022
    Ha! As I was about to type this, the autosave box popped up over the browser. It's pretty rude, but also as others said, completely disruptive when you have a big project. I try to keep my projects neat and lean but sometimes in the crunch you have to just throw assets all over the place and don't delete them from the project panel when they're unused. It would be great for that not to impact the time it takes to autosave, so that you can get on with work and worry about project bin aesthetics later on.
    Fresh Squeezed Creative
    Known Participant
    September 28, 2022
    Yes this is incredibly annoying! Come on Adobe it's 2018, can't we autosave in the background just like Final Cut Pro 7 did in 2005???
    Participant
    September 28, 2022
    Ugh for real. I've complained about this to Adobe before. It's super problematic when I'm reviewing work with a client in another program like Illustrator and that stupid box pops up over top of EVERYTHING else. It's the worst.