Creating and managing projects

A Movavi Video Editor project is a file in the *.mepx format that contains your work on creating a video. A project stores the locations of each media file used in the project, as well as the edits, special effects, and settings that you use as you make your movie.

 

To create a new project, open the File menu and choose New Project. Then, choose Create project in full feature mode if you want to make a movie, or choose Slideshow wizard if you want to make a quick slideshow.

 

To avoid losing your editing progress, make sure to save your project every once in a while. To save a project, open the File menu and choose Save Project.

 

To open a previous project, open the File menu and choose Open. Then, find the project file and continue working on your movie.

 

When you add files to a project, Movavi Video Editor uses the original file for reference as you edit the movie. To save your disk space, Movavi Video Editor does not make copies of the files, but rather remembers the location and name of the original file, so if you move or delete the files, they will also disappear from the project.

 

Because all of your editing work is done in the project, your original files are not edited in any way, and you do not need to make reserve copies.

 

Project files cannot be viewed in a regular video player, but can only be opened with Movavi Video Editor, Movavi Screen Capture Studio, or Movavi Video Suite. To view the finished work in a player, you need to first export your movie to a common video format.