[REQ] Render Names

deltaepsylon · Post by **deltaepsylon** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:48 am

I was thinking the other day...
Indigo saves .igi and png files in the 'renders' directory, but with names like im1182713722.png or im1182713722.png. Can indigo be made to save the igi and png's with the IGS's name, and an incremental number after it?
like, computerscene_1.igi and later on computerscene2.igi.

Maybe even a command line option could be given that would specify weather you want the igi's to be overwritten as time progresses, or saved with incremental numbers. Because im sure that some people wouldnt mind having a lot of igi's on their HD, or even properly named igi's and png's.

Well, what do you think?
-Alex

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:03 am

I think, it already was requested. Not shure, though.
I wonder, how indigo get's those numbers:
they increase, obviously, but (I actually didn't try, but anyway) I can't see, in which way.

Kosmokrator · Post by **Kosmokrator** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:27 am

i think is just random numbers..........i prefer real scene names.....btw

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:31 am

yes, I do, too, but
1) a computer never can be 100% random - it needs a sometimes very complicated algo, which simply gives MANY results, but not EVERY result...
2) wouldn't they shrink, then, too? They simply get higher and higher.

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:36 am

You can use cutom png names.
No cutsom igi though.

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:43 am

You can? never saw ANY option for that...

neepneep · Post by **neepneep** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:50 am

i would love to see random letters and ascii characters included with the random numbers, that would lessen the chances of having duplicate numbers - having 10 digits in the filename really doesnt give much breathing space...

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:01 am

xD 10000000000 possibilities isn't enough?
OK, 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 possibilities would be even better xD

neepneep · Post by **neepneep** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:09 am

yup, something like that....

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:15 am

It's
1000Y
(Wikipedias lastest Value is Y, so there appears to be NO name for the actual number xD)
Y = yotta

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:39 pm

Kram1032 wrote:You can? never saw ANY option for that...

Use the switch:-o customname.png when starting Indigo.
I think -o stands for output (or something like that)

deltaepsylon · Post by **deltaepsylon** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:34 pm

but i'd be nice if it had custom igi names too

Well, if enough pple vote 'yes' then ono might find the time to code it for us ( if it isnt already there =P)

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:06 pm

oh, by using comand-lines, ok.
Never took an exact look.
But it would be nice, to have that as Standard and therrefore, two cl-switches:
-orand (back to the random numbers)
and the current
-o customname.png
and, if some people don't like the Standard as-is, an entry in the inifile, to refine it

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:52 pm

Why so complicated?
It's up to exporter really... -o whatevername.png is defined by exporter. So it can be a scene name or a custom name. No -o parameter means random numbers.
If we could get the same custom name option for igi, then it would be enough.

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:56 pm

at least, the scene-name thingy should be standard.
(both png and igi)

[REQ] Render Names

Should Indigo saved igi's and png's starting with the scene name and with incremental numbers? (e.g. cupcaustics_1.png, cupcaustics_2.png)

[REQ] Render Names