how do you set the default output folder

[Bob Sabiston]

Thank you!
Bob

[Bob Sabiston]

I do see a checkbox for use Default Folder, but I don’t see any place where you can see what it is or change it to something else! :O

Bob

[Bob Sabiston]

Oh, I did of course! But it would be nice to know how you set the “default folder”. Or is it always someplace like Documents?

[Jim Fink]

Ok, so Bob could not answer this, anyone else able to show me where the hidden Change Output Directory, or Set Output directory is and how it works.. this is too silly.

thanks
Jim

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[Karel Schoonejans]

I stumbled upon this old thread when searching for the same question but couldn’t find the answer either so when I later on the day found how to do it, I thought that I could answer this question as well.

1. Add a job to the Render Queue.
2. In the “Output to” menu choose Custom…
3. Here you can add your own (relative) output locations.
examles:
[projectFolder]/Output/[compName].[fileextension] => renders in the folder “Output” alongside your project file.
[projectFolder]/../Output/[compName].[fileextension] => renders in a folder alongside the parent folder of the project file.

If you make that custom template your default with the checkmark and leave the “Use default File Name and Folder” prefs setting ON, you never have to manually select the output locations again.

[Jordan Santiago]

Thanks so much for this info. Saves me a bunch of time when juggling like 5 projects at the same time.