There seems to be no method of closing the opened project without exing out of the program. I've looked everywhere. I'm tempted to go back to my extremely old version of the program. It was simple in that version. "Duh...press 'Close'"
Hi,
File, New Project. Enter a new project name. It may ask you to save your existing open project. Then you have a new blank project. You cannot have no project; you have to have one with a name, because as soon as you start to do certain tasks, temporary files are created using the project name.
"You cannot have no project". That does explain it, I will just have to get used to it because I used to close the program I was working on before opening a new one. I appreciate you clearing this up for me. Thanks.
I will just have to get used to it because I used to close the program I was working on before opening a new one.
If your project consists of only one movie then you can just hit Ctrl+F4. That deletes the existing movie and leaves you with an empty, black main wndow, which might be closer to your familiar work flow. Then continue as John said and open a new project.
But John's sequence File > New Project (or just Ctrl+n) is not only neater and achieves exactly the same result but it covers any project, including those with mutiple movies (tabs).
when I click on the X tab on a move it says it will delete the movie. does that mean from the screen/program, from the project or LITERALLY delete the movie? Can someone point me to a discussion about managing Projects and Movies and the relationships. I read the help and am still confused. I sure miss the good ole days of printed manuals.
And thanks for clearing up the fact that there is no Close choice. I do find that maddening.
Hi,
This thread is 2 years old. You should have started a new one. Watch my tutorials, first on 
, and then 
. You need to understand all about Projects, Movies, Chapters, Tracks, Objects, etc., and read the manual - you have F1 which is the same as the pdf file that you have and can print out, but I much prefer electronic as it's easier to do searches.
Actually, I think that there is a way, but there is no need, you either exit (and Save or Save As) or start a new project. You should always have a project name to start.
Once you have reviewed the tutorials, come back and open a new thread with the next questions.