It is important that projects follow a specific structure so that anyone who has to refer to the project can find all the components. The framework is maintained by keeping files allocated to their appropriate sub-folder under the main project folder. Flat inside the main folder should rest the most current versions of the project VEG files. The following is a list of the names for the only sub-folders that should be used, followed by their descriptions:
| Admin | This folder will contain planning and admin documents for the project. Upon backup, this folder will be moved to E:/TMM/Projects/*Year*/(*Project Number*) *Project Name*/*. |
| Files | Any files that are used within the project that are not RAW materials should be stored inside this folder. Files should be sorted into sub-folders named after their file type inside this folder. For example, all JPG photos should be stored inside /*Project*/Files/JPG/Photo.jpg. If the project has a vast number of a certain file type, they can be organized into sub-folders beneath the file type folder. |
| Labels | This folder will contain the final disc surface and DVD case cover graphic art, as well as a sub-folder titled source, containing all the files used to create them. |
| Menus | This folder contains all the media for creating DVD and Blu-ray Menus. The key file should be a .DAR (or multiple for more than one disc) flat inside the folder, which is the DVD menu design file. Other files, such as background images and audio, should be contained inside a sub-folder called source. |
| Music | All musical compositions should be contained in this folder, under sub-folders titled according to the name of the composition. This includes such things as Cinescore or Acid projects. These sub-projects should adhere to these same project folder rules. |
| Old VEGs | As an edit progresses on a project, we create new versions of the .VEG files to save progress along the way. These backup .VEG files don't need to sit flat in the project folder anymore, and should be moved into this folder when there are more than three or so. |
| Prepared | When a project is exported for DVD, it is compiled into folder on the hard drive before it is burned. This compilation is stored inside the prepared folder, underneath the date it was prepared, followed by a space and then a quick description of which disc is being prepared if applicable. For example, /*Project*/Prepared/09-01-24 Act 1/. Underneath that date folder, DVD Architect creates two sub folders, AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS with the DVD contents. |
| Pulldowns | This folder is specific for Super 8 and Regular 8 film transfers, and contains mpg files that are basically extracted from the original frame-by-frame capture and stretched with a special program a specific rate to make them playback at normal speed. |
| RAW | Even a project folder can contain RAW media in special cases. This is media that can exist here for a number of reasons. |
| Renders | All the renders from the project go here. Video, audio, and even still frames. If there are numerous renders of a certain type and it is getting unorganized, they can be categorized into sub-folders. |
| Visual FX | All special graphical visual effects should be contained in this folder, under sub-folders titled according to the name of the effect. This includes such things as special titling, vegas projects to include as child projects in the master Vegas file, or even 3D Godzilla renderings. These sub-projects should adhere to these same project folder rules. |