Sean Meighan
Welcome => Do You Need Help? Post it here => Topic started by: camguy52 on September 20, 2021, 10:14:24 AM
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I'm trying to set up a standard Directory Structure for Media.
Some people use "_lost" - where did that come from?
Some people use "images or graphics".
Is there a preferred Media Directory structure?
Doug
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The reason "_lost" exists is because there is no preferred method. I prefer to have all media associated with an image in a subdirectory along with each sequence. Others are worried about wanting to use that same 300KB image twice so they want all their media in a dedicated media folder. Dedicated media folders tend to result in resources that cannot be found later when sequences are shared or even when you move to a new computer. So when we package a sequence we take all the media that does not reside with the sequence and put it in the _lost folder so that the person importing can have the media without recreating the original file structure.
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I too keep my media associated with a sequence in the same sub-directory. If I need it in 2 sequences, I copy it over. Disk space isn't a problem these days.
Then, I presume you keep your images in the same format but, do you keep in the sub-directory "_lost" or do you just create "_lost" if you export and share a sequence?
Doug
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_lost is auto generated and perhaps used, when you export a sequence - there is no need for you to create one or use one. If you want to keep all images in one place (if), then create a directory called images for example.
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Thanks for the clarification!
I didn't understand that it was autogenerated on export.
Doug