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 frame

• Resolution - <Resolution> the

• FPS - <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 output Monday.

  • Day of the Month (Number) - <DD> e.g. if the current date is 11th August the token would output 11.

  • Month (Number) - <MM> e.g. if the current date is 11th August the token would output 8.

  • Month (Name) - <M> e.g. if the current date is 11th August the token would return August

  • Month (Short Name) - <m> e.g. if the current date is 11th August the token would return Aug.

  • Year (YYYY) - <YYYY> e.g. if the current year is 2020 the token would output 2020.

  • Year (YY) - <YY> e.g. if the current year is 2020 the token would output 20.

  • Time (HH:MM) - <T> e.g. if the current time is 5:15pm the token would output 17:15.

  • Time Zone - <TZ> e.g. if you are in Manchester, UK the token would output GMT.

  • Weekday-Day-Month - <d>-<DD>-<m> e.g. if the current date is 11th August, 2020 the token would output Tue-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 not Composition.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

%Y - writes year as a decimal number, e.g. 2017
%y - writes last 2 digits of year as a decimal number (range [00,99])
%b - writes abbreviated month name, e.g. Oct
%B - writes full month name, e.g. October
%m - writes month as a decimal number (range [01,12])
%V - **(C++11)**writes ISO 8601 week of the year (range [01,53]). In IS0 8601 weeks begin with Monday
%j - writes day of the year as a decimal number (range [001,366])
%d - writes day of the month as a decimal number (range [01,31])
%a - writes abbreviated weekday name, e.g. Fri
%A - writes full weekday name, e.g. Friday
%u - writes weekday as a decimal number, where Monday is 1 (ISO 8601 format)
%H - writes hour as a decimal number, 24 hour clock (range [00-23])
%I - writes hour as a decimal number, 12 hour clock (range [01,12])
%M - writes minute as a decimal number (range [00,59])
%S - writes second as a decimal number (range [00,60])
%c - writes standard date and time string, e.g. Sun Oct 17 04:41:13 2010
%X - writes localised time representation, e.g. 18:40:20 or 6:40:20 PM
%D - equivalent to %m/%d/%y
%F - equivalent to %Y-%m-%d (the ISO 8601 date format)
%r - writes localised 12-hour clock time
%R - equivalent to %H:%M
%T - equivalent to %H:%M:%S (the ISO 8601 time format)
%p - writes localised a.m. or p.m.
%z - writes offset from UTC in the ISO 8601 format (e.g. -0430)
%Z - writes locale-dependent time zone name or abbreviation e.g BST.