File Output Wildcards
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What if you want to quickly set up a file different output path for all your ``scenes`` / ``cameras`` / ``view layers`` ?

| Wildcards are tokens that you can add to your output file path in Blender.
| **They will be automatically replaced** by the related property name in the output file path.


It’s a time saver since you don’t have to specify a unique path for each item.
Set it up only once in Blender, send it to BRQ and each item gets a unique path based on the selected ``scenes`` / ``cameras`` / ``view layers``.


Currently supported wildcard tokens
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- ``$scene`` : will be replaced by the selected scene name
- ``$camera`` : will be replaced by the selected camera name
- ``$viewlayer`` : will be replaced by the selected view layer name


Example
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Assuming you have a project called ``room`` with 3 cameras ``Main-camera``, ``Picture-camera``, ``Window-camera``



.. tab:: Save to different folders

    | In the Blender output settings, enter the desired tokens for the output path :

	``C:\Users\stephane\room\$camera\animation.png``

	If you choose to add all cameras to the queue, then the file output paths for each item in the queue will be replaced by :

	- ``C:\Users\stephane\room\Main-camera\animation.png``
	- ``C:\Users\stephane\room\Picture-camera\animation.png``
	- ``C:\Users\stephane\room\Window-camera\animation.png``

.. tab:: Save to different files

    | In the Blender output settings, enter the desired tokens for the output path :

	``C:\Users\stephane\room\animation-$camera.png``

	If you choose to add all cameras to the queue, then the file output paths for each item in the queue will be replaced by :

	- ``C:\Users\stephane\room\animation-Main-camera.png``
	- ``C:\Users\stephane\room\animation-Picture-camera.png``
	- ``C:\Users\stephane\room\animation-Window-camera.png``