So I use natron to do basic color grading for slog3 footage, so i have a read and write node, with some basic color grading stuff in between.
Is there a way to set the write node to use the filename that is given in the read node ?
I use the project settings to define the paths to the file. but i always have to fill in the filename manually in the write node.
something like [Path2]/#filename ? where ‘#filename’ is read from the read node ?
thanks!
Example (expression): Read1.filename.get() will give you the path from the Read1 node.
Nice, thanks.
I would still have to manually update the ‘Read1’ expression to read2 and so on.
is there any way i could grab that automatically as well ?
(total newbie here)
Maybe I don’t understand what you want, but in the writer node filename you set an expression and do whatever you want there, like getting the filename from Read1 etc.
Expressions are plain Python code.
maybe this will help you understand.
every read node has its own write node, and the more i can reduce redundancy in work the happyer my life lol
if i need to go in to every write node , click the edit button and change the expression to point to the next read node, thats a whole lot of clicking and typing that i’d like to avoid.
i 'd just like to put the input name in the outputname automatically
This looks like a mess (no disrespect), your should consider making your own “template” node, that you can reuse on all the images (that also handles input/output file names etc), problem solved.
Another way is to batch everything with a small Python script (for all nodes do something etc).
It is a mess 
but it works.
I’ll have a look in how templates work !
Learning python will be for later.
Thanks.
