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Cloud projects and your Library

The difference between an app's cloud projects and your shared Library, how to save and open both, and how to tidy up with multi-select delete.

#Two kinds of saved work

Your Pixx account keeps two kinds of work, both counted in your plan's storage.

Cloud projectsLibrary items
What it isThe complete, editable project from one app: every layer, frame and settingA finished result in a shared format: an image, animation frames, a sprite sheet, a palette or a sound
Who can open itOnly the app that made itAny Pixx app that understands that kind of item
Use it forCarrying on with a project on another deviceHanding work from one app to another, and keeping reusable assets
Find it in an appCloud at the topLibrary at the top

Think of cloud projects as your files for each app, and the Library as a shared shelf between apps.

#How-tos

#How to save a project to the cloud

  1. In the app, click Cloud at the top.
  2. Choose Save to cloud. The first save asks for nothing more; later saves update the same project and keep its last 10 versions.
  3. To keep the original and start a separate copy, choose Save as a new cloud project instead.

If the same project was changed on another device in the meantime, your version is saved as a copy, so nothing is ever overwritten.

#How to open a cloud project

  1. Click Cloud at the top of the app.
  2. Choose Open from cloud… and click the project.

You can also open any app's projects from Your Library on pixxsuite.com (see below).

#How to save your current work to the Library

  1. Click Library at the top of the app.
  2. Click Save current work to my library. If the app can save more than one kind of thing (for example the animation, or just its palette), pick one first.
  3. It appears in the Library right away, ready to open in any app that accepts it.

You can also use Send to App → Save to my Pixx library.

#How to open something from the Library

  1. Click Library at the top of the app.
  2. Click the item you want. The window only shows the kinds of item this app can open.

Got a .pxasset file from someone, or saved one yourself? Click Open a .pxasset file… at the bottom of the Library window, or just drag the file onto the app.

#How to use Your Library on pixxsuite.com

  1. Click My Library in the pixxsuite.com menu.
  2. Switch between Library assets and App projects with the tabs at the top.
  3. Click Open in… on a Library item to choose any app that accepts it, or Open in the app's name on a project. The app opens signed in, with your work loaded.

#How to delete several items at once

  1. In a Library window, or in Your Library on pixxsuite.com, click Select.
  2. Click the items you want to remove. Hold Shift and click to select a whole range, or use Select all.
  3. Click Delete N items and confirm once. The size you'll free up is shown before you confirm.
  4. Press Esc or click Done to leave select mode.
Your Library on pixxsuite.com in select mode
Your Library on pixxsuite.com in select mode

Each card also has its own trash button if you only want to delete one.

#How to download a copy for yourself

In Send to App, click Download .pxasset to save the item as a file on your computer. You can open it later in any Pixx app that accepts it, even without signing in.

#Storage

Cloud projects and Library items share your plan's storage: 10 MB per app on À la carte, 50 MB on Starter, 100 MB on Professional and 200 MB on Unlimited. The meter is in Account → My Plan. If you're over the limit you can still view, download and delete; new cloud saves pause until there's room. See Plans and billing.

#Troubleshooting

  • If a Library item doesn't appear in an app's Library window, that app can't open that kind of item. Check Send to App to see which apps accept what.
  • If cloud saving is refused, you may be out of storage or the app may not be part of your plan. Check My Plan.
  • If you see "Sign in to see your library", sign in with the account you saved under.