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[Feature] Name exported files based upon spreadsheet data

Open rob-fi opened this issue 2 months ago • 2 comments

I would like some way to name the exported files using spreadsheet data, beyond just the sheet name, for example when exporting multiple pages from one sheet as separate still PNGs.

One possible way I could think it could work would be to have an extra optional column in the spreadsheet for naming pages. Then that variable could he exposed within the export file name template.

Use case: As well as for traditional credit rolls etc, I also use Cinecred to generate titles and lower thirds that are used during live video productions. One still PNG per page. I currently have to manually rename each PNG to reflect the content, e.g. "Lower Third.00001.png" to "01 John Smith.png", or whatever.

Happy to discuss some better way to achieve this also!

Also many thanks for this software, it's such a pleasure to use!

rob-fi avatar Nov 14 '25 15:11 rob-fi

Thanks a lot for the suggestion! You're not the first to have a need for this, and exactly your solution has now been proposed multiple times... it's probably the most intuitive and straightforward way to do it. I'll likely add this feature in the next release. :)

LoadingByte avatar Nov 20 '25 19:11 LoadingByte

That's awesome, thanks!

rob-fi avatar Nov 23 '25 22:11 rob-fi