Is there a way to create custom output name including composition name?

[Falrinth]

Apologies, im very new to this plugin.
So i know a way to output replicas as composition name with a serial number (default),
and to use “output” in data sheet as a target file names.
How do i combine these two to create for example names like:

[column_name1]_[composition_name]
?

[Jeff]

@falrinth

Assuming that you’re using Google Sheets, there are several different ways that you could accomplish this. The most straightforward would be to use the CONCATENATE function to merge two different cells to create custom text for use in the “output” column.

So, for example, let’s say that cell B2 had your output value, and C2 contained the composition name. If the “D” column was your output column, you could put this formula in D2:

=CONCATENATE(B2,"_",C2)

This would create a string that combined the text in cell B2 with the text in cell C2 with an underscore between them.

The only drawback to this method is that Google Sheets can’t read the composition name data directly from After Effects. However, if we’re using a target column in our Sheet to specify which comp Templater should render, this might give us the data we need to complete the CONCATENTATE formula.

Hopefully, that’s a good starting point, but if we can provide any additional help, please feel free to let us know.

Thanks!

[Falrinth]

@jeff Thank you Jeff. Taking one part of the custom name directly from AE was the stuff i was looking for, so i can use output column in google sheets that would be combined by Templater with AE’s compositions’ names, but its not a big deal. Just thought it might be possible, since plugin is all about automating stuff. If for some reason its hard to do, its not a big problem.