Folders

Folders organize items in the After Effects Project panel.

Schema

Property	Type	Required	Description
name	string	yes	Folder name
parent	string	no	Parent folder name

Basic usage

folders:
  - name: Footage
  - name: Renders
  - name: Compositions

Nested folders

Use parent to create folder hierarchies:

folders:
  - name: Footage
  - name: Plates
    parent: Footage
  - name: References
    parent: Footage

This creates:

Project
├── Footage
│   ├── Plates
│   └── References
└── ...

Order matters

Parent folders must be defined before their children. This works:

folders:
  - name: Footage        # Parent first
  - name: Plates
    parent: Footage      # Child references parent

This fails:

folders:
  - name: Plates
    parent: Footage      # Error: Footage doesn't exist yet
  - name: Footage

Placing items in folders

Files and compositions can be placed in folders using the folder property:

folders:
  - name: Footage

files:
  - id: bg
    path: /path/to/background.png
    folder: Footage

compositions:
  - name: Main Comp
    folder: Compositions