Naming Presets can be used to accelerate the naming process within Just Control. From automatic file numbering to timestamps and user customised variables, Naming Presets provide file naming in an efficient and straightforward way. These Presets can be defined per Device and are available for all Channels of the selected Device.

Overview

Open the Just Control Configuration panel, select a Device, and switch to the “Naming Presets” tab.

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1. Naming Preset List: lists all available Naming Presets for the currently selected Device. Use the Plus and Minus buttons at the bottom to add or remove Naming Presets.

2. Resulting Example: displays the resulting filename for the currently selected Naming Preset.

3. Variable Drop Zone: drag and drop Variables from the Variable List (4) onto this field to create a custom Naming Preset. You can add custom Variables here as well. Simply click into the text field to create a new Variable.

4. Variable List: lists available Variables to create your custom Naming Presets. Drag and drop a Variable onto the Variable Drop Zone (3) to create a custom Naming Preset.

5. Naming Preset Options:

   • Separator string: the separator which will be used between the Variables.

   • Date format: the date format which will be used for the “%Date” Variable.

   • Counter starts at: starting number for the “%Counter” Variable.

   • Minimum digits in counter: sets the number of digits when a Counter is used. For example, when you set the number of digits to 4, any Counter will have four digits (0001, 0002, 0003…)

   • Split and chunk recording naming strategy: choose what happens with the naming of files captured in Crash Mode.

     • Counter: every chunk's filename gets a static counter Variable

     • Respect Time and Date flags: the Variables “%Date” and “%Time” will be respected.

6. Global Variable: fixed Variable which is used in front of the file name of every Naming Preset of the Device.

Example

The following example shows the difference between the two different types of custom Variables. “%Custom1” can be modified in the Inspector of Just Control, as it has a “%”-sign before the Variable name. “Custom2” is fixed and will be added to the file name automatically, and cannot be adjusted in the Naming section.

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Add/Remove a Naming Preset

Switch to the “Naming Preset” tab and use the “Plus/Minus” buttons to add or remove (selected Naming Preset) from the Naming Preset list.

Configure a Naming Preset

Naming Presets consists of different types of Variables:

• Predefined variables, which can be modified in the Inspector (“Settings” tab) of Just Control (“%Name”, “%Scene”, “%Take”, “%Angle”, “%Reel”).

• Predefined variables, which cannot be modified in the Inspector (“Settings” tab) of Just Control (“%Date”, “%Time”, “%Counter”, “%StartTimecode”, “%Channel”). These variables will be replaced automatically with the actual Date, Time, Counter, recording start timecode, and Channel name by the recording Just In Engine.

• Custom variables, which can be modified in the Inspector (“Settings” tab) of Just Control (“%Custom1”)

• Custom variables, which cannot be modified in the Inspector (“Settings” tab) of Just Control (“Custom2”)

Work with predefined variables

Predefined Variables can be moved from the Variables list (4) to the Variable Drop Zone (3). There (3) you can add as many Variables as you want, you can remove, re-order, or adjust (double-click) them, and above the Variable Drop Zone (3) you can see the resulting clip name.

Add Custom Variables

You can add any text or Variable to a Naming Preset. When using an “%”-sign before the variable or text, you can make sure that this variable can be modified within the Inspector of Just Control (“Settings” tab -> Naming Section). When adding a variable without the “%”-sign, then this will be handled as static text within the file name.

Use the Global Variable

The Global variable will be used in all existing Naming Presets for the selected Device.

Work with Metadata Set Variables

You can use Metadata Set values as well in Naming Presets. Please have a look at the following page to get additional information: [JIM] Metadata Values in Naming Conventions v.6.0