modify automatic file name extensions?

[robin_lawrie]

My retoucher has some scripted tools in photoshop. he needs files named in a specific way.

particularly, having a . in the middle of the filename messes things up.

is there a way to change the way vray automatically names render elements?

on a related note, if i choose to save EXR, even doing a still image, it appends a 4 digit frame number to the end (.0000) if i choose png it does not do this. i find no way to change this behaviour.

edit: the diff in naming between the png and exr is probably due to the fact i saved the pngs manually from the vfb, and the exrs were saved from the "split channels" dialog.. in any case i dont want the .0000.. if im rendering an animation i want _0000.. dots in filenames are not ideal.

any suggestions?

[Joelaff]

https://docs.chaos.com/display/VMAX/...uffer+Settings

Look on that page and search the page for “dot-delimited”

I think that just uses nothing rather than a dot.

Alternately, you could make a script to rename the file. Or the retoucher could fix their script to handle various file names.

I do agree that the correct delimiter would be an underscore, and the only dot in a file name should be before the extension. Not sure why vray likes dots. Perhaps some special fascination with polka dots, or linonophobia.

[robin_lawrie]

as you suggested, in the end it was easier for the retoucher to modify the script. and yeah, the dot thing bugs me aesthetically if nothing else. .