[Bf-funboard] Templates - auto naming tags for output nodes

[luke etyrnal]

Gatis, i've found that developers RARELY think of how the ARTISTS who use
it MOST actually think, or what they need.  Devs are usually thinking in
terms of how much work the coding is, and often don't want to consider
changing things to make them better for artists, because the Devs know how
to "just write some python solution for it, or use some
way-less-than-obvious workaround that they happen to know because they know
the backwoods (coding) way of getting there."...

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 11:48 AM Gatis Kurzemnieks <
gatis.kurzemnieks at gmail.com> wrote:

> I dont agree that scene properties are tied to studio habits. Scene name
> for example is just scene name. If you dont need it - you dont have to use
> it. These would be optional tags that you can use in paths/names if and how
> needed.
> Also python based pipeline tools are beyond 99% artists. Maybe you can
> share any info about such addons?
>
> Thanks
> Gatis
>
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017, 17:57 <manu at g-lul.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Those attributes are often attached to studio's habits, production
> > particularities. IMHO, in most case, auto naming/settings stuff is not a
> > good idea.
> > However, with some python scripts/addons, you should be able to do this.
> > I do a lot of pipeline with blender and that's what I usually do.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > ---
> > Manuel Rais
> > manu at g-lul.com
> >
> > 17 juillet 2017 16:20 "Gatis Kurzemnieks" <gatis.kurzemnieks at gmail.com>
> a
> > écrit:
> >
> > > Hi.
> > > I was wondering if there are any plans for implementing some sort of
> > > automatic naming tags in Blender for file paths, pass names, compositor
> > > nodes etc.
> > > What I mean is - some sort of special templating codes in naming (like
> > ####
> > > for frame number, \\ for project root) but for other things, that get
> > > replaced when rendering:
> > > - current scene name
> > > - current renderlayer name (although I guess this would not work in
> > > compositor as many renderlayers can be used at the same time)
> > > - current camera name
> > > - resolution
> > > - rendering range
> > > - scene frame rate
> > > - project (blend) file name
> > > - maybe something more that would be useful?
> > >
> > > This would be super useful for creating templatized scenes and
> compositor
> > > setups, that can be easily reused in different cases.
> > > For example - I could write "\\..\Render\color_[scene]\" in my Output
> > nodes
> > > path and [scene] would be replaced by current scene name during render.
> > > Then I could also use this to name Output node inputs etc.
> > >
> > > This could also be very useful when loading textures for materials - we
> > > could set up material that loads texture according to scene name where
> it
> > > is used etc. Same for external caches.
> > > This would allow creating basic pipelines with blender in center.
> > >
> > > Another idea is to add "string" input and output ports to compositor
> > nodes .
> > > String output to Render Layer node that can be passed into File output
> > node
> > > so it can use render layers name automatically..
> > >
> > > Of course this would need to be thought out very thoroughly, but I just
> > > wanted to say that Blender would benefit greatly even from simple
> > > "templatization" tools.
> > >
> > > There is a similar system called Tokens in Cinema 4D and it is super
> > > useful.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Gatis
> > > --
> > > Gatis Kurzemnieks
> > > 3d generalist, developer, artist
> > > www.kurzemnieks.com
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