
On the left side of the window, find the “File” category and click on it. The File Preferences are shown in the screenshot below. Right at the top of the File Preferences you will see the Auto-Recovery options. Click on the Checkbox next to “Enable canvas recovery” to turn this option on if it’s not checked already. Right beneath this checkbox is the option of how often we’d like Clip Studio Paint to save our backup. By default, it is set to 15 minutes, but you can click in the text box and change it to a larger or smaller number. The smallest number you can set is every 5 minutes. Let’s talk for a brief moment about how often you should have recovery data saved. It is tempting to set this for as often as possible so you can be sure that you never lose what you’ve done on your art. However, this may cause your computer to run slowly depending on your computer hardware and how large your files are.įiles with high resolution and lots of layers will take longer to save than smaller files, so if your computer takes 2 minutes to save the recovery data every 5 minutes, then you only get 3 minutes of working time before your system will save again.


This can actually make your process a lot slower and cause frustration, so be sure to test how long it takes to save an average file for you and adjust your settings accordingly. 10-15 minutes will probably be sufficient for a fairly fast artist with a decent hardware setup. To save your Autorecovery settings, click on OK. You will see a progress bar when this happens, which will hopefully pop up, save, and disappear quickly so you can get back to working! Now Autorecovery will back up your work every time the allotted amount of time passes. If your program or computer crashes unexpectedly, the next time you open CSP your saved canvases will open up with the data that was saved in the last autorecover.
