Batch Rendering Wrapper

Hey Guys!
I threw together a little wrapper program that that runs FF over files directly from the command line (no XML file needed). It's been working for me, and hugely simplifies the process of running FF over a large number of files.

Usage: ffbat filename filter preset
Examples:
ffbat File.png Eyecraft 0
Outputs a copy of File.png with the Eyecraft filter applied(File.png -> File_Filter.png, etc)

ffbat * GlowingText 0
Outputs a copy of every file in the directory with the GlowingText filter applied(File1.png -> File1_Filter.png, etc)

Download Here

Instructions: Extract the zip somewhere and add that location to your path. It should work on its own from there.

Alternatively, download the source and install PIL, then add to your path and run it with ffbat.py file filter preset

Notes:
1) This scans common installation directories to get to the actual executable. If you installed Filter Forge somewhere else (like on a drive that isn't C), you'll have to add your Filter Forge bin directory to your path as well.
2) You need to have the filter in the "My Filters" pane for this to work, so if you are using a library filter, make a copy in My Filters (open the filter editor on it) before running this script.

Python source (Requires PIL to compile):

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import glob, os, sys, shutil, subprocess from PIL import Image from _winreg import * print "Usage: ffbat source filtername preset\n" try:     presetValue = int(sys.argv[3]) except:     print "Error: invalid preset" #Set up the xml files xml = open("temp.xml", 'w') xml.write("""<?xml version="1.0"?> <Tasks>    <GlobalSettings>       <RenderingOptions>          <UseMultithreading value="true"/>          <Dither value="true"/>          <Progressive value="true"/>          <OptimizeBlurs value="true"/>          <AntiAliasBitmapComponentSources value="false"/>          <Jitter value="0"/>          <TemporaryFilesLocation value=""/>          <RAMUsageLim it value="60"/>          <NormalMapFlipY value="false"/>       </RenderingOptions>       <BitmapFormatOptions>          <DefaultFormat value="JPG"/>          <BMP>             <BitDepth value="32"/>             <FlipRowOrder value="false"/>          </BMP>          <JPG>             <Quality value="98"/>             <FullPrecision value="true"/>          </JPG>          <TIF>             <BitDepth value="8"/>             <FloatFormat value="false"/>             <IncludeTransparency value="true"/>             <ImageCompression value="LZW"/>          </TIF>          <TGA>             <BitDepth value="32"/>             <IncludeTransparency value="true"/>             <FlipRowOrder value="false"/>          </TGA>          <PNG>             <BitDepth value="16"/>             <IncludeTransparency value="true"/>             <ImageCompression value="BEST"/>          </PNG>          <EXR>             <BitDepth value="32"/>             <IncludeTransparency value="true"/>             <ImageCompression value="PIZ"/>             <FlipRowOrder value="false"/>          </EXR>          <PFM/>       </BitmapFormatOptions>    </GlobalSettings>""") for name in glob.glob(sys.argv[1]):     img = Image.open(name)     width, height = img.size     xml.write("""     <Task>         <Image value="{0}" width="{1}" height="{2}"/>         <Selection value=""/>         <Result path="{3}" format="{4}"/>         <Filter value="{5}"/>         <Preset value="{6}"/>     </Task>""".format(name, width, height, name[0:-4] + "_filter.png", "PNG", sys.argv[2]+".ffxml", sys.argv[3])) xml.write("\n    </Tasks>") xml.close(); copied = False #Set up the ffxml try:     shutil.copyfile(os.getenv("AppData") + "/Filter Forge 3/My Filters/" + sys.argv[2] + ".ffxml", os.getcwd() + "/"+sys.argv[2] + ".ffxml")     copied = True except:     pass try:     shutil.copyfile(os.getenv("AppData") + "/Filter Forge 2/My Filters/" + sys.argv[2] + ".ffxml", os.getcwd() + "/"+sys.argv[2] + ".ffxml")     copied = True except:     pass try:     shutil.copyfile(os.getenv("AppData") + "/Filter Forge/My Filters/" + sys.argv[2] + ".ffxml", os.getcwd() + "/"+sys.argv[2] + ".ffxml")     copied = True except:     pass #Run filter forge at all reasonable locations. filtered = False for string in """FFXCmdRenderer-x86-SSE2.exe "C:\Program Files (x86)\Filter Forge 3\Bin\FFXCmdRenderer-x86-SSE2.exe" "C:\Program Files\Filter Forge 3\Bin\FFXCmdRenderer-x86-SSE2.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Filter Forge 2\Bin\FFXCmdRenderer-x86-SSE2.exe" "C:\Program Files\Filter Forge 2\Bin\FFXCmdRenderer-x86-SSE2.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Filter Forge\Bin\FFXCmdRenderer-x86-SSE2.exe" "C:\Program Files\Filter Forge\Bin\FFXCmdRenderer-x86-SSE2.exe" """.split("\n"):     try:         subprocess.call(string + " temp.xml")         break     except:         pass os.remove("temp.xml") if copied:     os.remove(sys.argv[2]+".ffxml")

Hi MachinesInMotion,

I attempted to use this batch tool but it doesn't run and I cannot figure out why.

I have extracted the zip in the folder C:/admin/ffbat and have a bunch of jpeg images in the folder C:/admin/ffbat/images. I am trying to run a filter with the name AnimatedLensFlares, first preset. The filter is in My Filters.

As per the instructions I would gather the command should be:

ffbat\ffbat images\* AnimatedLensFlares 0

With that I get the result:

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Usage: ffbat source filtername preset Filter Forge command line renderer, version 3.014. © 2006-2012 Filter Forge Inc. All rights reserved. Professional Edition License Name: ThreeDee.

There are no error messages but nothing gets processed either.

Any ideas?

Ok, I managed to get one specific file to render with the following command:

ffbat\ffbat ffbat\images\flare_MVI_8235_00000.png AnimatedLensFlares 0

Works fine with jpegs as well if I put "*.jpg", so it must be related to folder options (whether you show or hide known file extensions).

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* be able to select a group of filters ( for example 20 filters) and apply all of them to this same image, also it would be needed to be able to choose which one of the filters preset will be applied, so the result will 20 images. . . . * be able to apply the same filter and same preset to all the 40 images. Result 40 images

SpaceRay: Begging your pardon since the last post in this thread approaches three years ago, but while I don't know whether any existing tools accomplish those objectives, I know a tool I wrote and released does (the last I searched for something that can do those things, I didn't find it, so I coded my own).

I've searched the forums and found everything I could about external/batch tools (the last time I searched, well before coding my own solution, I only found two--there are many), and updated the main page of the wiki with them:

http://www.filterforge.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#PC

If you know anything I missed, please let me know, or better yet, update the wiki yourself

The tool I wrote that accomplishes those things, I announced here: https://www.filterforge.com/forum/read...&TID=13617

With some more work, my tool can do all of those things you want (which I didn't quote all of them).

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earthbound wrote: I listed them all at the wiki *except for the one here, where I announce my wiki edits)*.

thanks for including all the available tools in the FF wiki as seen here

The link from the first post is broken and not available

But in the FF Wiki I have seen that there is this link that I think is a new updated for this tool Download it from Github here

In the link page is not clear about version of FF is compatible.
Does it work with FF 9?

Thanks for any possible help