Apple Shake 4 User Manual
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Chapter 12
Rendering With the FileOut Node
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File Names
If you write an image without a file extension (for example, image_name instead of
image_name.cin), and you haven’t explicitly set an output format, Shake writes the
image to its native .iff format.
Otherwise, adding a file extension defines the type of file that will be written. For
example, adding .tiff specifies a .tiff sequence, while adding .mov results in the creation
of a QuickTime movie. If you need to change the type of file that’s written later on, you
can select a new file type from the fileFormat pop-up menu in the Parameters tab of
that FileOut node.
If you’re rendering an image sequence, you can also specify frame padding by adding
special characters to the file name you enter:
•
The # sign signifies a four-place padded number.
•
The @ sign signifies an unpadded number.
You can also use several @ signs to indicate padding to a different number. (For
example, @@@ signifies 001.)
The following table lists some formatting examples.
Parameters
The FileOut node displays the following controls in the Parameters tab:
imageName
The path and file name of the output image.
Shake Format
Writes
image.#.iff
image.0001.iff, image.0002.iff
image.%04d.iff
image.0001.iff, image.0002.iff
image.1.iff, image.2.iff
image.%d.iff
image.1.iff, image.2.iff
image.@@@.iff
image.001.iff, image.002.iff
image.%03d.iff
image.001.iff, image.002.iff