Alex White releases his aw-AutoSaver for After Effects that will extend the native auto-save capabilities with some great features such creating backups of files, and saving copies of files to any folder.

aw-Autosaver is a powerful and handy replacement for the standard Auto Save option with some nice features

aw-AutoSaver will allow you to save copies into any folder, and save the original copy with just one click. You are also able to set an autosave using a custom interval while automatically saving copies into folders providing greater control for versioning folders.

aw-AutoSaver is available through AEScripts as a name your own price offer, so check out aw-AutoSaver for After Effects here.

Some of aw-Autosaver features

  1. Save your copies to any folder.
  2. Save original and a copy in one click
  3. Auto-save with custom interval
  4. Automatically create and save copies into individual folders (example: ~Desktop/project_name/project_name.aep)
  5. More control for your “versions folder” (enable/disable versions, backup folder to custom path, number of versions)
  6. Ability to see when and where your last copy saved
  7. Creates copy in the background (saving project won’t take twice as long).
  8. Available for Mac and PC, for all AE versions starting from CS3