Project Maintenance
Repairing Projects
When to Repair a Project
Repair your project if you experience any of the following:
- Project loading errors
- Missing file references
- Corrupted data
- Unexpected behavior
How to Repair
- Open the project you want to repair
- In the main menu, click Save
- Click Repair project
- Follow any prompts to review or confirm changes
Recommendation: Always create a backup before repairing.
Cleaning Up Projects
Project Cleanup
Remove unused data and optimize the project file size:
- In the main menu, click Save
- Click Clean up project
- Follow any additional prompts to review or confirm changes
When Cleanup is Useful
- After you've removed slides without removing the underlying images
- When the project folder contains files that are no longer in use
- Before sharing projects with others
- After a major reorganization
💡 Tip: The cleanup process does not remove file types that Album3D doesn't recognize. To ensure all unused files are removed, you can save the project in an empty folder.
Best Practices
- Make regular backups of your project folders, especially before using Repair project or Clean up project.
- Keep each Album3D project and its media files together in a dedicated folder.
- Avoid renaming or moving image and media files outside of Album3D once they’re in use.
- Periodically run Clean up project on long‑lived or heavily edited projects to keep file size manageable.