Path Maker
Replaces custom tags in the Output Path.
The "Path Maker" add-on allows you to write tags in some output paths. Tags will be replace at render time by a string generated with a line of code, a python script or an hardcoded string.
It supports:
- The "Output Path" in the output properties panels
- The "Base Path" in the file output compositor nodes
- The "filepath" in the collection exporters (you'll have to use the Path Maker buttons to make it work though)
Token Type dropdown:
- Expression: single line python expression (example: bpy.context.scene.name)
- Path: Hard coded path (example: toto\hello\world)
- Script: Path to a python script that will be interpreted (the script has to print the value)
For example: The tag <filename> can be replace by "bpy.path.display_name_from_filepath(bpy.data.filepath)" so that an Output Path like "C:/hello/<filename>/world" will now be "C:/hello/file_name/world".
What's New
1.3.4 December 30th, 2024
- Add File Subpath support in File Output nodes
Thanx! Nice and very simple addon! Working through pre- and post- render handlers! No docs needed, basically theres only one option for editing.
While the idea is great, the documentation is very lacking and only ones tag get's resolved.
Thanks for the addon! I put 5 stars, because I want to believe that this addon will become a worker. I really lack the function of the templates/placeholder in the output path. But, unfortunately, the addon does not work as it should. I created 2 tags: <cam> - bpy.context.scene.camera.name, and <sc> - bpy.context.Scene.name. If you insert one of them in the output field, it works. If you insert both, then it does not work. The output path looks like this C:\tmp<sc><cam> I render 2 frames of animation and receive such a message to "Render error (Invalid argument) cannot save: 'C:\tmp\scene_test_<cam>_0001.jpg". Only 1 tag is work ("scene_test" is the name of the scene). And it works only if 1 tag is spelled out in the settings, if 2 tags are spelled out, and only 1 tag is inserted in the output path field, it also gives an error. Blender version 4.2