Inherit Saver's Filepath based on Loader's Filepath?

Hi,

I'm trying perform basic image correction on several images but they are on different directory.
I would like to have the Saver's Filepath based on Loader's Filepath.

For example, if the loader's filepath is

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D:\food\pork.png

I want the saver's filepath to be:

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D:\food\pork_fixed.png

I tried doing a

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=Loader01.Clip

but it seems like Saver Filepath doesn't accept expressions.
Is there a way around this with expressions so I don't have to redo the filepath for every image?

Regards,
Ben

You can't do it with expressions, but you can with a script.

Here's one that will create Savers based on all selected Loaders, with the requested filename change:

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comp:Lock()
flow = comp.CurrentFrame.FlowView
for i, tool in ipairs(comp:GetToolList(true, "Loader")) do

    local x,y = flow:GetPos(tool)
    local sv = comp:AddTool("Saver", x+2, y)
    pathtable = bmd.parseFilename(tool.Clip[comp.CurrentTime])
    sv.Clip = pathtable.Path..pathtable.CleanName.."_fixed."..pathtable.SNum..pathtable.Extension
end
comp:Unlock()


Simply paste that into the Console's text entry line and hit enter. You'll get a Saver for each selected Loader, positioned two grid units to the right. If your images aren't sequences, you may wind up with an extra . right before the extension. You can remove that from the code—it's in the third-to-last line. Change "_fixed." to "_fixed" to get rid of it, if desired.

edit: If this is something you'll do frequently, you could save the above in your Scripts/comp folder with a .lua extension, and it will show up in the Script menu.

Nice one
Thanks


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