Saving, history and getting the reel out

Drafts

A reel you have not saved is a DRAFT: it lives in the browser you drew it in and on no server. The status at the top says so — Draft kept in this browser rather than a time.

Saving

Save reel or ⌘ S. The reel needs a name first — the field at the top turns red and says Needs a name if it does not have one.

The first save of a new reel

What changes: The draft becomes a reel on your account with a URL of its own, and the month's counter moves by one.
Who sees it: Only you. Reels you draw are not published, listed or shared anywhere by saving them.
When to do it: Once it is worth coming back to.
Cannot be undone: The reel stays yours and stays editable, but the month cannot be refunded — the limit counts reels made, not reels kept.

Every save after that

What changes: The stored reel is replaced by what is on screen. The previous version is kept in History.
Who sees it: Only you.
When to do it: Whenever. Editing is free and unlimited.
How to undo it: Reopen an earlier version from History, or ⌘Z before you save.

History

⌘ Z and ⌘ ⇧ Z walk one step at a time. The History tab is the same walk with names on it — “moved STORE”, “renamed beat”, “added a circle” — so you can jump to a state from twenty edits ago without pressing undo twenty times and watching.

Separately, a saved reel keeps its earlier versions on the server — the last twenty, on Plus. That is the one that survives closing the tab.

Getting the reel out

Button	What you get	What it costs
Download	The reel, saved to your computer. Open it and it plays — no account, nothing to install.	Nothing.
Cover	The first frame as a PNG — the still a feed shows before anyone presses play.	Nothing.

Both compile the reel first, so both refuse if the document does not add up and send you to Checks with the reason.

Start over

What changes: Reopens the template picker. Picking a template replaces everything on the canvas; closing the dialog changes nothing.
Who sees it: Only you, and only until you save.
When to do it: The reel has gone somewhere you do not want and it is faster to restart than to unpick.
How to undo it: One ⌘Z. The whole replacement is a single step in History, on purpose.