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New render locations, Smart import, whether each item is a still, moving footage

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Help Using Help Examples Back 185 Finally, we make the Render Queue window visible and bring it to the front, ready for the user to assign save locations for the new render queue items. app.project.renderQueue.showWindow(true); } New render locations This script allows the user to select queued items in the Render Queue and assign a new render destination for them. First, we prompt the user for a new folder to use as a render destination. var newLocation = folderGetDialog("Select a render destination..."); Next, we make certain that the user entered a new location (and didn't cancel the dialog). Then we create a loop for each selected render queue item. If this item is queued, we take the current render location, give it a new name and location, and then display an alert stating the new file path. if (newLocation) { //boolean to see if the user cancelled for (i = 1; i

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Finally, we make the Render Queue window visible and bring it to the front, ready for the user to assign save
locations for the new render queue items.
app.project.renderQueue.showWindow(true);
}
New render locations
This script allows the user to select queued items in the Render Queue and assign a new render destination for
them.
First, we prompt the user for a new folder to use as a render destination.
var newLocation = folderGetDialog("Select a render destination...");
Next, we make certain that the user entered a new location (and didn’t cancel the dialog). Then we create a
loop for each selected render queue item. If this item is queued, we take the current render location, give it a
new name and location, and then display an alert stating the new file path.
if (newLocation) { //boolean to see if the user cancelled
for (i = 1; i <= app.project.renderQueue.numItems; ++i) {
var curItem = app.project.renderQueue.item(i);
if (curItem.status == RQItemStatus.QUEUED) {
for (j = 1; j <= curItem.numOutputModules; ++j) {
var curOM = curItem.outputModule(j);
var oldLocation = curOM.file;
curOM.file = new File(newLocation.toString() + "/" + oldLocation.name);
alert(curOM.file.fsName);
}
}
}
}
Smart import
This script allows the user to import the full, nested contents of a folder just by selecting it. It attempts to detect
whether each item is a still, moving footage, or an image sequence. The user still has to make other choices via
dialogs, such as which layer of a multi-layer image (e.g., a .psd file) to import.
First, we prompt the user for a folder whose contents are to be imported, and ascertain that the user chooses
a folder rather than cancelling the dialog. We then call a function that appears below to import all of the files,
one by one.
var targetFolder = folderGetDialog("Import Items from Folder...");
//returns a folder or null
if (targetFolder) {
function processFile (theFile) {
var importOptions = new ImportOptions (theFile);
//create a variable containing ImportOptions
importSafeWithError (importOptions);
}