Help · Files & saving
Where your work is saved
Your projects live in this browser, on this device. We do not keep a copy on a server. Nothing you make is uploaded to us — not the boards, not your photographs, not a font you added.
That is the honest position, and it cuts both ways.
| Good | Bad | |---|---| | Nobody else can see your work | It does not follow you to another device | | Nothing to log into, nothing to lose access to | Clearing your browser data deletes it | | It keeps working with no connection | A private or incognito window keeps nothing |
The three copies, and what each survives
1. This browser. Automatic, instant, needs nothing from you. It is what makes your gallery appear when you come back. It does not survive clearing your browsing data, and it does not exist at all in a private window.
2. A folder on your computer. Optional, Chrome and Edge only, and the best five seconds you will spend. Crevano writes a copy of every project into a folder you choose, every time anything changes.
- Go to your gallery.
- Click Projects: browser only in the header.
- Choose a folder and allow access.
The button then names your folder. Inside it you will find one ordinary .json file per project — you can back them up, put the folder in a cloud drive, or just look at them. These survive a cleared cache, and Crevano loads them back automatically the next time it starts.
3. A .crev file you saved yourself. The one that survives everything, including a dead laptop. See Save and back up your work.
> Note > After clearing your browser data you may see Projects: reconnect on that button. The > folder permission is what was cleared, not your files. Click it, choose the same folder, and > your projects come back.
Uploaded photographs
Your uploads sit in this browser's storage too. They travel inside a .crev file when you save one, so a saved project always carries its own pictures — but the Uploads panel itself is per device. Keep the originals.
Which copy wins
If a project exists in both the browser and the connected folder, the newer one is used. So editing on one browser and opening in another cannot quietly throw away the later version.