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  • Published 26 Sep 2026

File Output Node (Compositor) control or remove socket naming.

Experimenting with rendering ViewLayer passes/channels to separate image sequences, it forces the socket name as a suffix to the image prefix.

This feature is wonderful to make sure your rendered output has the channel/pass name included, however after the frame number isn't desired.

File Pathing already detects the .#####. for frame padding, along with and on/off whether it adds the extension.

Would it be possible to possibly:

  • Have a toggle/choice control to either..
    • Not include the socket name
    • Socket name before frame numbers
    • Socket name after frame numbers.

Currently, setting your output naming to.

ImagePrefix_rgba.#####.

will give you

ImagePrefix_rgba.00000.rgba.png

Desired would be

ImagePrefix_rgba.00000.png

Possiblities could be adding a {socket} variable. Maybe it shows up in the output naming automatically on creation, but could be moved or removed.

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bradleymullennix
26 Sep 2026

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