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Dion110
Dion110
New Participant
January 15, 2019
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Can't click 'Save' in AE

  • January 15, 2019
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'Save' is greyed out (doesn't even give me the option of clicking it) but 'save as' is not. Obviously, I need to be able to save my project...

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    Correct answer RobShultz

    May seem like a silly question but have you changed anything since your last "Save?"

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    RobShultzCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 15, 2019

    May seem like a silly question but have you changed anything since your last "Save?"

    Dion110
    Dion110Author
    New Participant
    January 15, 2019

    no, I dont want to waste hours of editing.

    P.M.B
    P.M.B
    Brainiac
    January 15, 2019

    Dion110  wrote

    no, I dont want to waste hours of editing.

    If you haven't changed anything since your last save that IS the reason save is unavailable.  Change something and save will become available. 

    ~Gutterfish
      P.M.B
      P.M.B
      Brainiac
      January 15, 2019

      Your initial (first) save has to be "Save As".  Once you save your initial project "save" will be available.

      This behavior is standard across all Abdobe apps and many others.

      ~Gutterfish
      Andrew Yoole
      Andrew Yoole
      Community Expert
      January 15, 2019

      For the record, that's not the case on Macs.  I haven't got a PC in front of me to test at the moment.

      A new AE project, Photoshop document etc, all allow you to select "Save" or "Save As" for the initial save.  Obviously the resulting dialog box is identical if the file has never previously been saved.

      Premiere Pro establishes the project name and location before any work can be done, so does not apply in this case.

      P.M.B
      P.M.B
      Brainiac
      January 15, 2019

      OK.  Must be a Windows thing then.   Just tested on Photoshop and After Effects and the Save item is greyed out on both.  Not the case with Notepad, though; so it is application specific.

      ~Gutterfish
      Andrew Yoole
      Andrew Yoole
      Community Expert
      January 15, 2019

      Have you opened an AE template project, rather than a regular project?

      Dion110
      Dion110Author
      New Participant
      January 15, 2019

      no, but I was able to save this same project before

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