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Folder Grid Filing

When to use

• A digital declutter or organisation video shows a messy pile of files becoming a tidy system
• A tutorial explains a filing structure (by project, by client, by year) by filing example items into it
• A recap or case-study video sorts scattered assets — clips, docs, screenshots — into categories
• A product video demonstrates auto-filing, smart folders, or tagging by filing items on screen
• An explainer introduces a taxonomy: the folders are the categories, the filing is the proof
• You have 6–16 loose items and 3–6 categories, and the transformation from pile to system is the point

Workflow

1. Define the folders and the items (input: your material → output: filing plan)
   Define 3–6 folders, each with a short tab label (1–3 words: "Receipts", "Contracts", "Photos"). Then list 6–16 items, each assigned to exactly one folder before animating — no item files into two folders, no item is left unfiled. Each item gets a 2–5 word label and a visual type (doc, image, clip, note) with a distinct icon or thumbnail. If an item genuinely fits two folders, decide the primary one now and say so in the narration — the animation must not imply an ambiguity you have not resolved.
2. Stage the mess (input: filing plan → output: pile layout)
   Open on the pile: items scattered in a loose heap on one side of the frame (left or bottom), at random rotations of −12° to +12°, overlapping, slightly messy but every item ≥60% visible. The folder grid sits on the other side: folders in a clean grid (2 columns × 2–3 rows, or 3 × 2), equal size, closed, tabs visible, labels legible. The contrast between the messy pile and the tidy grid is the setup — keep the grid visibly empty at the start so the filing has somewhere to go.
3. File one item at a time (input: pile layout → output: filing choreography)
   File items one at a time, 450–650ms apart, in an order that teaches the system (all of one folder's items in a run, or one item per folder cycling — pick one pattern and keep it). Each item's flight has three beats over 400ms, ease-in-out: (a) the item lifts — scale 1.0 → 1.08, shadow deepens, rotation straightens to 0° over 120ms; (b) it flies along a gentle arc (never a straight diagonal — an arc reads as "picked up and placed") to its folder over 280ms; (c) it shrinks to slot size and drops into the folder with a 100ms settle (translateY +4px → 0). The target folder opens as the item approaches — its tab lifts and its mouth opens 150ms before arrival — and closes 150ms after the item lands, with a tiny 80ms folder jiggle (rotate ±1°) on close. Never file two items at once: simultaneous flights look like a magnet, not filing.

Template preview

Folder Grid Filing — Starter Template

Fill in every {placeholder}. Every item gets exactly one folder before animating — no item files twice, none left behind.

Filing plan

Folders (3–6)

Items (6–16)

• Filing order pattern (pick one, keep it): {all_of_one_folder_per_run | one_per_folder_cycling}
• Filing order: {item sequence, e.g. 1 → 4 → 2 → 5 → 3 → 6}

Pile layout (the mess)

• Pile position: {left | bottom} · Grid position: {opposite_side}
• Item rotations: {−12° to +12°} each · Overlapping, every item ≥{60%} visible
• Grid: {2_columns × 2–3_rows | 3 × 2} · Folders equal size, closed, tabs visible, labels legible
• Grid at start: {visibly_empty}

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