Project management
Save As
Use save as in Oraphim with a production-safe workflow, practical example, verification steps, and common failure checks.
Updated August 27, 2026Save As
Use save as to keep local Oraphim projects recoverable and their linked media available.
Workflow
- Save the active project before making structural changes.
- Keep project files, source media, autosaves, and exports in clearly named folders.
- Avoid moving or renaming source files outside Oraphim during an active edit.
- Use recovery or relink controls when Oraphim reports an unavailable project or source.
- Open the recovered or copied project and verify several representative shots.
Verification
Confirm that the project opens, media is online, timelines and compositions are present, and a short export completes from the restored state.
Use Save As in a production project
- Open Project Hub / project services and select the intended current .orp project and referenced media.
- Establish the correct input state first—timing, media link, layer/node enable state, project settings, or source selection as relevant.
- Apply or adjust Save As with one clear goal. Change the smallest set of controls needed to reach that goal so the result remains understandable and reversible.
- Review the complete affected range in context. Scrub difficult frames and also play at normal speed when motion or audio is involved.
- Save a named milestone before moving into another major operation, especially after graph changes, tracking, AI processing, relinking, simulation, or delivery setup.
Practical guidance
Save As creates a new project path and is ideal for milestones or alternate versions. Use clear version names and verify the new file before deleting or moving the previous one.
A useful test is a short 5–10 second section containing both an easy case and a difficult case for this feature. Tune against the difficult moment without breaking the easy one. If two approaches are plausible, duplicate/version the project state and compare them rather than stacking both together blindly.
Verify the result
- Reopen the result from disk and confirm project identity, media links, and the intended version.
- Toggle/bypass the operation where possible and make sure the change you intended is actually responsible for the result.
- Check selection, visibility/mute/solo state, node connections, track locks, range, and source identity when the result appears missing.
- Save and reopen before treating a complex setup as reusable.
- If this feature changes final pixels or audio, render a short review and inspect the file outside Oraphim.