Automatically save renders

[cadboi08]

Sorry another general question, how can I set max up to automatically save renders one after the other to a folder? At the moment it saves the first one fine, but then I have to rename to save again.
I'd like to save as say
render-1.bmp
render-2.bmp
render-3.bmp
etc.

Cheers

[Cad64]

I've moved this question to it's own thread.
You should always start a new thread when you have a question.

I don't know of any way to do this automatically. Maybe with a Script?

[cadboi08]

Is there a way to save images in Max and rename them? At the moment it saves one fine, then I have to rename to save another one.

Thanks

[Cad64]

I've merged your two threads, since they seem to be asking the same question.

[Cad64]

I don't know about Vray, but with Mental Ray, I just render to window and then hit the Save button to save to a directory. Once I save that first file, any subsequent renders default to that save location, so all I do is hit the save button, select the previously rendered file and add a -1 or -2 or whatever. No need to retype the filename.

As I said before, I think the only way to automate this would be with a Script.

[cadboi08]

I've merged your two threads, since they seem to be asking the same question.

Ah ok. I didn't realize the other one had been moved. Thought the posts were just deleted.


I don't know about Vray, but with Mental Ray, I just render to window and then hit the Save button to save to a directory. Once I save that first file, any subsequent renders default to that save location, so all I do is hit the save button, select the previously rendered file and add a -1 or -2 or whatever. No need to retype the filename.

As I said before, I think the only way to automate this would be with a Script.

Ok thanks. I remember doing this (auto saving/renaming images) a while ago but I think that was in Rhino. There must be an easier way, but maybe not.

[cadboi08]

Wondering if anyones found a way to do this using 3DS09 and vray ?

[zadnytsa]

Are you rendering different frames for an animation? What is the end result you are looking for?

[cadboi08]

Are you rendering different frames for an animation? What is the end result you are looking for?

Hi. No, for that it's fine. It saves all the images with a -# as they're rendered automatically.

The problem is I sometimes render lot's of images, very often, and want to save them all. The problem with max, however, is that every time the image is rendered and I want to save the image it uses the same filename, so I have to either overwrite the previous (which I don't want to do) or rename the file (which, when doing many renders becomes a bit tedious, having to change the number at the end for each one).

It would be great if I could somehow automatically save images once they're rendered to a new filename (ie. image-1, image-2, etc. . .) or at least when I hit the save button it saves the image without overwriting the previous. I just want to save time as it gets a bit annoying when I have to rename 100 images in an hour.