Splitting your Project into Two Projects

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Using the Split Storyboard dialog, you can divide your storyboard into two separate projects so that two project collaborators can work on their half of the project simultaneously. Later, you can assemble both halves of the project back into a single project.

There are two approaches to splitting your project:

You can choose to export one half of the project into a different project and keep the other half in the current project. If you do this, you can assemble the project back into a single project by inserting the second half at the end of the first half, or by merging both projects together—see Inserting a Project's Scenes into the Current Project and Merging Storyboard Projects.
You can choose to split the current project into two new projects and keep the current project as a master project. Later, you can assemble the split projects back into the master project using the Merge and Replace dialog—see Merging Projects and Replacing Scenes in the Current Project.

IMPORTANT If you intend to split your project into two new projects, then import the changes made in the two new projects into the original project using the Merge and Replace dialog, it is highly recommended to lock you project's scene and panel numbers before splitting your project. To do this, in the top menu, select Storyboard > Lock Scene and Panel Names.

How to split a storyboard project into two projects

In the Timeline, move the timeline playhead to the panel where you want to split your project.

NOTE You can choose in which one of the two projects the current panel will go in the Split Storyboard dialog.

Do one of the following:
- In the top menu, select File > Project Management > Split.
- In the Project Management view, click on Menu and select Split—see Project Management View.
The Split Storyboard dialog box appears.

If you want to extract every panel before the current panel into a project, do the following:
1. Check the Export before selected panel checkbox.
2. Click on the Browse button for this half of the project.
3. In the Save dialog that appears, browse to the location where you want to save this half of the project.
4. Type in a name for this half of the project and click on Save.
5. If you want the current panel to be go in this project, check the Include selected panel checkbox.
If you want to extract every panel after the current panel into a project, do the following:
1. Check the Export after selected panel checkbox.
2. Click on the Browse button for this half of the project.
3. In the Save dialog that appears, browse to the location where you want to save this half of the project.
4. Type in a name for this half of the project and click on Save.
5. If you want the current panel to go in this project, check the Include selected panel checkbox.
NOTE If you are extracting both halves of the project and neither Include selected panel checkbox is checked, the current panel will not be extracted to either project.
If you chose to only extract one half of the project into a new project, and only want to keep the remaining half in the current project, check the Remove exported panels from current project option. If you prefer to keep a copy of the scenes being extracted in the current project, make sure this option is unchecked.

NOTE This option will be greyed out if you are extracting every panel in your project including the selected panel, as that would leave the project empty.
If you want to add the extracted projects to the list of linked projects in the Project Management view, check the Link extracted project checkbox—see About Linked Projects.
Click on OK.

Project folders containing the split projects will be created in their selected destinations, with their chosen project names.