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First let’s have at look what default config value you can set:

label

key

description

Element-Number Padding

element_number_padding

Set the number padding for the naming convention.
Value of 5 looks like this: fire_00023
default: 5

Frame Padding

frame_padding

Set the frame padding for a file sequence
Value of 4 looks like this: filename.0001.exr
default: 4

Filmstrip Number of Frames

filmstrip_length

Set the frames used for the preview filmstrip in the ingest view. No matter the length of the sequence, the filmstrip length will be this many frames.
default: 24

Thumbnail Frame of Sequence

thumbnail_frame

Set which frame of a sequence should be used for the thumbnail frame.
When the value is meaningful the software tried to detect some representative frame for an sequence
default: meaningful

Re-number Frames of Sequence
First Frame of Sequence

first_frame

If disabled, no renaming will be happening for file sequences.
If enabled, it sets the first frame of a sequence when transcoding a file sequence. The files of the sequence will be renamed.

default: enable = true and first frame = 1001

Some VFX studios like start with the common 1001 frame. Other studios start with 0 or 1.
This forces the artist to align the correct range before working on a shot. It makes sure that the frame range of an element is long enough.

Color Code

The Color Code is a visual help to distinguish between the path items. Each color represents a different type of the items that you can drag'n'drop around to build the folder structure and naming convention. Some values are predefined, some are only known during the ingest phase and others can be set manually by you.

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Info

Predefined path values are given and can not be changed manually


Reserved keywords

There are a few reserved keywords that will not be resolved. They are for example required by the renderfarm manager Deadline.
<STARTFRAME> <ENDFRAME> <QUOTE> <AUXFILE>


Example
If you want to get the width value of the source element you ingest, you access the group resolution and the sub-key width in the path pattern like this: <resolution.width>. This will resolve the source image width value for you.

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In this overview you can see how each of the predefined values would be resolved into the actual value:

description

predefined value

example resolves to

source image width

<resolution.width>

1920

source image height

<resolution.height>

1080

image pixel aspect resolution

<resolution.pixel_aspect>

1

source elements file extension

<source.extension>

exr

Frame counter for a sequence

<frame>

#

output sequence first frame

<element.frame_first>

1001

output sequence last frame

<element.frame_last>

1042

number counter of this element

<element.number>

00023

Globally unique element ID

<element.uuid>

f4ec01102a4440769be04d9004a717c8

readable name for flame category

<category.name>

flame

unique ID for flame category

<category.id>

Q235544

readable name of the base category for flame, based on the hierarchy category tree

<category.base.name>

fire

unique ID of the base category for flame, based on the hierarchy category tree

<category.base.id>

Q3196

Tip

The element UUID (Universally unique identifier) is globally unique across all libraries and databases. This allows you to track this one particular element for all “eternity” with this unique ID.

A hexadecimal presentation is used of the UUID that gets rid of the “-” dashes, which is better for using it in the filename.

Learn more about Universally unique identifiers.

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