File Output Wildcards¶

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 and each item gets a unique path based on the selected scenes / cameras / view layers.

BRQ wildcards are additional tokens that complement Blender’s built-in file output template variables.

BRQ 5 now uses Blender 5 File Output Template Variables (see: Blender manual → File Paths.)

Supported template variables:¶

{scene_name} : selected scene name
{camera_name} : selected camera name
{viewlayer_name} : selected view layer name
{blend_name} : current .blend file name
{blend_dir} : directory of current .blend file
{blend_name_lib} : library .blend file name
{blend_dir_lib} : directory of library .blend file
{fps} : scene frame rate
{resolution_x} : render resolution X
{resolution_y} : render resolution Y

Example:¶

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

Save to different folders

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

C:\Users\user_name\room\{camera_name}\animation.png

When all cameras are added to the queue, BRQ expands the file output paths to:

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

Save to different files

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

C:\Users\user_name\room\animation-{camera_name}.png

When adding all cameras to the queue, BRQ expands them to:

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