Saving Projects with Embedded Media

Projects can be saved with the media embedded within a single compressed file, allowing you to more easily transfer a project to another computer. While the project file with the media saved within it can be quite large (easily more than 10 MB), it is typically much smaller than the sum of the original project file and its uncompressed media files. To save a project with the media included, from the File menu, select Save As. From the Save As type list, select ACID Project With Embedded Media (. acd-zip). Enter a name, browse for a location to save the fde, and click the Save button. 

To reverse this process and extract the original media files from an. acd-zip file, from the File menu, select Export Loops. Browse for a location to save the fdes to and click the Save button. It is not a bad idea to create a new folder to store these files in, because there can sometimes be quite a few files in a project. You can select a format for the new media files finm the Save as type list (for example,. wav). Selecting a compressed format such as. mp3 can save room on your disk, but the quality of the loops may suffer. See Chapter 10 on Publishing for more information on file formats, compression, and quality. 

Projects with embedded media cannot simply be saved as a new file with a different name using the Save As command. When you attempt to do this, the Copy all media with project item is chosen in the bottom of the Save As dialog. If you uncheck this box and attempt to continue, ACID will prompt you that this cannot be done and the box will be rechecked. When you save the file, all of the media files will also be saved in the folder in the WAV file format. 

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