Improved Auto-naming When Batch Rendering

Hi Dev Team - I would prefer Enscape batch export with file names based on the view name in the design file rather than present batch rendering naming schema. As is, the user has to manually rename dozens of exported images. This would automate previous images of the same view name to be automatically overridden, and therefore automatically update references in the design file.

Please let me know if you require any clarification or other detail.

I have been using this script. I modified it a little bit to make the name simpler, but it’s been very helpful.

I want to thank @robotopera again. It was a huge pain without your script to use linked files in Photoshop and InDesign.

Quote from robotopera

Needed a way to integrate things with our work flow so here is a powershell script that renames files

https://github.com/Robotopera/enscapeRenamer

Agreed. I’d love to be able to do batch rendering but because it creates totally unique file names every time its a big pain to update existing renders to be the new ones without having to do a lot of manual renaming, or by just manually doing the renders one by one.

I’ve mentioned it his a while ago but I wrote an AHK script that:

  • Pops up a dialog to select the project and some options
  • Renames the png’s to [project name]-[scene name].png
  • Makes a dated folder in the project folder
  • Copies the renders as jpg’s at full res to a sub folder
  • Copies the renders as low-res jpg’s (for emailing) to a subfolder
  • Deletes the originals.

My old post RE: Stop Adding Enscape/Date in Batch Render File Names.

Thank you Phil. I know this has been requested before, so please also forward it to our product managers through your name of course. This way they’ll see the further demand for this as well.

Thanks Damian! Done :slight_smile:

CHAOS PLEASE!

This still isn’t sorted we just need the parameter ‘CAD VIEW NAME’ to be included the output image title!