In Blender 5 the frame numbers are not added to still renderings anymore. It’s always something like “Diffuse.tif”. In previous version, the frame numbers were automatically added.
Does anybody know how to get that functionality back?
i think you just add as many # as you need numbers.
If I put “####” in the empty box in the File Output node, the filename starts with the frame number, like “0001Diffuse.tif”. I want to have it like before where it was “Diffuse0001.tif”.
The frame number will be added if you’re rendering an animation, for still images it won’t add a frame number.
Why did they change that? That’s horrible. And why is there a text field below the file path if it can’t be used properly?
You are precising number of digits in field by default filled with “file-name” to indicate prefix of image name of a multilayer EXR by default.
If you switch to image to obtain one image per pass ; you have to precise that in the name of the passes.
I will give that a try. But it’s a big step back compared to how it was before. Whoever thought that this was a great idea, was wrong. This makes things more tedious and time consuming, especially when you work with lots of passes. Why change something that worked fine for many years?
I think that simply was not thought.
They basically focused on presentation of the node to have an Image/Multilayer EXR distinction consistent in whole UI, without thinking of paths and suffixes.
In original commit of node redesign, frame number is explicit for stills in video demoing the node.
In 5.1, ability to set directories in passes names will be restored.
You may suggest to Omar Emara or Habib Gahbiche to add a line or choose a separator tag for same suffixes for all passes.
People complained because there was no way to save without digits.
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If that really is the case, the devs could have added an option to not use frame numbers in the node options and the issue would be solved. That’s simple and makes sense.
I have no clue where to post suggestions so that devs would see them and consider them. I only know about RCS, which is completely useless. But if the frame numbers will be restored in 5.1 then it should be fine.
OK. Looking at a devtalk forum to report feedback, I found the one dedicated to File Output redesign.
I can find a solution in there. Could you?
Because a lot of us didn’t like it.
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And a lot did. The rational solution would be to provide both options. How? I don’t mind as long as it works and makes sense. A simple “No Frame Numbers” checkbox would have done the trick. And if the devs want to go crazy, they can come up with a Tolkien-level pseudo-script that I can put in that non-descriptive text box there. But now it seems that they put a WIP-node into a major release which is not the way to do it.