🚀 One-Click Safe Export — Integrated with Smart AutoSave+ Pro

⚡ What it does

Autosaves intelligently and creates a one-click safe export containing your .blend, textures, linked libraries, logs and thumbnails.

🛡️ Why it matters

Protects progress, avoids missing textures (pink), speeds handoffs, and produces portable, auditable project packages for clients or studios.

✅ Safe & Non-destructive

Exports and autosaves are copies stored externally — your working file remains untouched. Safe defaults for beginners, advanced options in Preferences.

📜 Snapshot Autosaves

Manual one-click snapshots and scheduled autosaves (copy save). The addon never overwrites your main .blend.

🧭 One-Click Safe Export (Core)

Creates a tidy export folder containing a snapshot .blend, textures, and a compact export log — perfect for quick handoffs.

🗂️ Organized Output

Exports to structured folders: blend/, textures/, libraries/, renders/, logs/.

🧾 Export Log

Every export writes a readable log with timestamp, exported files, and any warnings — great for accountability.

⚙️ Non-destructive & Safe Defaults

Conservative defaults protect beginners; advanced options in Preferences for power users and studios.

⏱️ Inactivity Autosaves

Automatically snapshot after configurable inactivity (example: 5m).

🖼️ Thumbnail Previews

Auto-generated viewport PNGs stored alongside backups for fast visual recovery.

📦 Texture & Library Collection

Collects external textures (from disk or packed) and copies linked libraries into the export so recipients open a working project.

🗜️ Zip Archives & Batching

Compress backups into .zip files — options for compress-on-save, hourly batches, and max files per zip.

📑 Detailed Logs & Analytics

JSONL logging of events (saves, restores, errors) with metadata (timestamp, hash, size, tag). Configurable log level and rotation.

🔁 Event Triggers

Save on Render Start/End, Save on Export, Frame Change, Scene Switch, or custom triggers so milestones are always captured.

📂 Custom Autosave Directory

Point autosaves to any folder (local or network). The addon validates paths and can create folders if missing.

🔔 Notifications & Sound

Non-blocking popups and optional short ding sounds (trimmed to 2.5s) to confirm saves or alert on failures.

👥 Team & User Tags

Append sanitized user/team tags to filenames for multi-user clarity (e.g., MarsMission_Backup_7_Nova_COVENANT.blend).

Compress Backups into Zip File

What: Optionally compress backups (single or batch) into a .zip archive instead of many .blend files.

Why: Saves inode use, reduces storage, bundles backups for upload, and simplifies retention.

Under the hood: Temp folder → write .blend → compress with Python zipfile. Pattern: {project}_Backups_{batch_num}.zip.

Create Logs (JSONL & human)

What: Structured logs of autosave events, errors, restores, and user actions.

Example JSON entry:

{  "ts": 1767251781.0833728,  "reason": "Manual Force",  "file": "C:/Projects/MarsMission/autosaves/MarsMission_Backup_12_Nova_COVENANT.blend",  "size": 5721573,  "hash": "fee62679a33235240100a830c92b0e1e88b03c563ff73054a42fdf24e2935e70",  "tag": "COVENANT"}      

Under the hood: Each event appends a JSON line to autosave_log.jsonl. Prefs: log level, rotation, optional remote logging.