# VRScene images path **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues\ **Created:** [June 4, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vrscene-images-path/50048 "2014-06-04T08:42:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![radobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d6d6ee/32.png) [@radobe](https://forums.chaos.com/u/radobe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vrscene-images-path/50048/1 "2014-06-04T08:42:53Z")
Hi, i have problems with writing out vrscene files with correct “img\_file” paths. Right now i am using this command: mel.eval("vrend -layer " + layer + " -camera " + camera) My file prefix in the render settings is set to: %s/%s Vray always adds “tmp” at the beginning of the path, you can see an excerpt from the written vrscene file. This also happens when i do a render directly within maya, not from my script. SettingsOutput vraySettingsOutput { img\_file=“tmp/layer1/vrsceneTest/vrsceneTest.png”; img\_dir=“Y:/1364\_xxxxx/02\_WORK/03\_3D/05\_Maya//./../01\_renders/”; Is there an argument i can use in conjunction with vrend to set the img\_path? Btw, i had a hard time finding all arguments for vrend, could not find any description in the manual. It still behaves weird, since i have to switch to the renderlayer i want to export before executing the actual vrend -layer command. Otherwise just the actual renderlayer gets rendered. Vray Version is: VRay nightly 2.45.01 Windows 7 Maya 2015 Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![yolov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/yolov/32/11920_2.png) [@yolov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/yolov)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vrscene-images-path/50048/2 "2014-06-04T12:46:29Z")
Hi, This is how VRay behaves in Maya, as do all other renderers. Here’s an excerpt from our help files: Keep in mind that when rendering a single frame, V-Ray saves out the image file to the project\_root/images/tmp/filename.ext or to any subfolder of the images directory if specified (project\_root/imates/tmp/scene\_name/filename.ext). When rendering animation, V-Ray saves out the image file without pre-pending the “tmp” directory: project\_name/images/filename.#.ext. I hope that this is helpful. ---
**Author:** ![radobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d6d6ee/32.png) [@radobe](https://forums.chaos.com/u/radobe)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vrscene-images-path/50048/3 "2014-06-05T08:11:38Z")
I see, this makes sense now, still i need to get around this somehow. Is there any chance of using an attribute with vrend to set the file path myself? My problem is, that i need to have a post translate expression in my file that does not evaluate properly when i use batch render, because i need to query the actual frame and on batch rendering this always leads to the frame being evaluated to 1. Workaround is exporting vrscenes one by one, that works, but i end up with the wrong paths. A stupid way of fixing this would be to parse the vrscene file and exchange the path after the file was written, but i would like to avoid that. ---
**Author:** ![yolov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/yolov/32/11920_2.png) [@yolov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/yolov)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vrscene-images-path/50048/4 "2014-06-05T10:12:16Z")
The batch render will not pre-pend the “tmp” to the path, but yes, now there will be the problem with the post-translate script. Rendering 1 frame in animation will give you the paths you want, but will add the frame number to the file name. Is what you’re describing related to rendering/exporting animation ? I’m still discussing with some of our developers to come up with something that will be helpful to your case. ---
**Author:** ![ivaylo.ivanov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ivaylo.ivanov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/ivaylo.ivanov)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vrscene-images-path/50048/5 "2014-06-05T10:16:24Z")
If you are already using post translate script, you can use this to change the path: from vray.utils import \* so=findByType(“SettingsOutput”) so[0].set(“img\_file”, “test.png”) and it will write the image where you like it with whatever name you like. ---
**Author:** ![radobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d6d6ee/32.png) [@radobe](https://forums.chaos.com/u/radobe)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vrscene-images-path/50048/6 "2014-06-05T16:04:00Z")
Thanks for the tip ivaylo. I will try this out, just have to make sure i find a good way to deal with all the different renderlayer/camera naming possibilities. But a script is taking care of the export already, so i can adjust the post translate script also for each pass if i would like. Maybe only if it is actually being written to vrscenes and not when rendering locally. Then tmp is basically fine. @ yolov Yes, this has to do with exporting animation, it is actually a massive integration script that i am working on, everything works smoothly with the exception of this tmp path issue. ---
**Author:** ![yolov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/yolov/32/11920_2.png) [@yolov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/yolov)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vrscene-images-path/50048/7 "2014-06-05T16:57:13Z")
OK, then. I hope that what Ivo suggested will work for you.