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Opened by Samuel T. Benge - 2010-06-20
Last edited by Thorsten Fröhlich - 2011-08-23
FS#143 - explicit Output_File_Name for images/animations
The ability to specify an exact name for output images during animations would be great. As it is, POV-Ray appends a numerical designation to each image (e.g. image001.png, image002.png, etc. Overriding this behavior would allow certain tasks to be accomplished without cluttering the hard drive. For instance, an image could be rendered over and over again. Certain things like cellular automata, ripple tank simulations and feedback fractals could be performed without the resulting long list of images in a given directory.
The command line option could be in the form of +oefile/+Output_File_Name_Exact=file or some such.
You can use the post-render shell to move/rename the rendered picture filename to the one you want. (deleting previous frame in the process if you want)