my project didn’t save

[vincent_7146]

i was working on a project last night and naturally before i close after effects i saved it. i then closed after effects and turned off my pc. i went to open the project which showed last edited at the time i saved it and when i opened the project nothing was saved. the files imported were even gone. it said nothing about files missing or anything like that it just didnt save. it saved how i was zoomed in on the comp and everything just the files and progress is gone.

[Warren Heaton]

Try opening the most recent auto-save.

You should find it in the "Adobe After Effects Auto-Save" folder in the same location as the "saul.aep" file.

Pictured: Adobe After Effects Auto-Save folder for "Saul" project in the Downloads folder

Hopefully, that doesn't set you too far back compared to where you expected to be when continuing to work in this project.

Also, check your After Effects Auto-Save preferences for what "Save every" is set to.  You may want this to happen more frequently than what's indicated in your screen shot.

[vincent_7146]

haha ily thank you so much