Render Tokens
Add tokens to automate file names.
Render tokens can be added to the File Name attribute in the Render Manager and used to automate the file names of renders.
To add a Render Token simply right click in the File Name input and select one from the drop down menu. Each token will appear between angle brackets e.g. <token>
and be highlighted. Alternatively you can add tokens by manually typing them. If you accidentally manually enter an invalid token it will be highlighted red and not be used.
Tokens
Composition -
<Composition>
the name of the composition.Scene -
<Scene>
the name of your scene (e.g. name.cv)Project -
<Project>
the name of your Project. You must have a project set in Project Settings for this to work.Frame Number - <
Frame>
the frameResolution -
<Resolution>
theFPS -
<FPS>
the FPS (frames per second) of the Composition.Render Format -
<Format>
the format (.png, .jpg, .mov etc).Dynamic Index -
<Dynamic>
outputs the Dynamic Index for each dynamic render.Date and Time -
Day (Name) -
<D>
e.g. if the current day is Monday the token would outputMonday
.Day of the Month (Number) -
<DD>
e.g. if the current date is 11th August the token would output11
.Month (Number) -
<MM>
e.g. if the current date is 11th August the token would output8
.Month (Name) -
<M>
e.g. if the current date is 11th August the token would returnAugust
Month (Short Name) -
<m>
e.g. if the current date is 11th August the token would returnAug
.Year (YYYY) -
<YYYY>
e.g. if the current year is 2020 the token would output2020
.Year (YY) -
<YY>
e.g. if the current year is 2020 the token would output20
.Time (HH:MM) -
<T>
e.g. if the current time is 5:15pm the token would output17:15
.Time Zone -
<TZ>
e.g. if you are in Manchester, UK the token would outputGMT
.Weekday-Day-Month -
<d>-<DD>-<m>
e.g. if the current date is 11th August, 2020 the token would outputTue-11-August
.
A <token>
will be used in place of rather than in addition to any automatically generated value (like the frame number or dynamic index). e.g.
A File Name of 'Composition' with Padding set to 3 would output
Composition.000.png
A File Name of 'Composition.<Frame>' with Padding set to 3 would also output
Composition.000.png
and notComposition.000.000.png
.
Custom Time Formats
It's also possible to create custom time formats. For example <%Y>
or <%H:%M>
or <%B-%Y>
.
Syntax
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