I.e. I know another editing program I have auto saves while you are editing every 15 minutes so if you forget to save while you are editing, the most you can lose is 15 minutes worth of work.
Even with auto save, it's still a good idea to do a Save As periodically to create a new version of your project. This way you have the ability to go back to a previous version should the project file become corrupt or otherwise messed up.
Making a Save every-so-often is obviously a good Idea ( Good Practice, too), but SMS has a list of "Recent Projects" and this can become filled with similar projects if you "Save-As" too often.
I wonder if Sony ( or anyone here) knows a way of Ordering this list, so Recent (dot)vf files can be Ordered?.
FWIW - I'd like a set of three folders to be shown: ( and where I can move filenames about ).
"Starters" - mine set-up the "Layout" and Media-Bins, Call them: Work, Hope and Play
"Current" and one other in between for those projects that are
"Awaiting" - I.e. further media files, inspiration, etc.
A fourth list might behave as the current system, with Radio-Buttons could pull-up these other Groups . . . but if Sony wants to be really helpful, there should be room to add "Notes", just in case the Title needs explanation - this would be a simple TEXT region - not part of the filename.
harrie,
why don't you use Project > Save as > Save in > Create New Folder (as many as you can think of) > Save file.vf.
Those folders and files in them can be organized.
If and when "inspiration" hits you again, use Project > Open > Awaiting folder > file.vf.
You can turn off Recently used file list in Preferences.
Btw, do you know that Project Properties has a Summary tab, where you are able to add Comments?