I am struggling with filenames in vuescan. I want to bulk process a
directory full of Canon Raw files (.crw) and would like vuescan save them as
tiffs with the same base name.
i.e. file100.crw --> file100.tif

So, according to Help I can use * as a filename in the tiff output.
Setting it thus -- c:\directory\* gives an error
(c:\directory\*file100.tif) is an invalid name.

using something like \temp* in the output gives the same error.
c:\directory\temp*file100.tif is an invalid name.

why isn't vuescan substituting the base name for the *? What is the magic
string?

Thanks

David

On Mon, 2 May 2005 14:56:47 -0500, "d wipf" <nonesuch@hotmail.com>
wrote:

I think you need a '+' in the filename to get variable names. The '+'
causes VS to adjust the preceding digits in the name to get a unique
name. Try 'file100+.tif'.

-- Steven

d wipf wrote:

Just a shot in the dark, but I think VueScan wants the path in a box a
bit down the 'Output Tab' called 'Default folder', and only the file
NAME in the filename box. Thus, you would put c:/directory in the
default folder box, and whatever *-construct you wish in the filename
box. Also note that if you use the @ button to browse to your default
directory, it gets entered with a FORWARD slash, (and NO trailing
slash). I guess at some point it gets hard to maintain convention when
writing an app for Windows, Mac, and Linux, all of whom do it a little
differently from each other.

HTH,
Mike

thanks, but I don't want a unique name, I want to preserve the name on the
original RAW file.

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"Mike G." <m.golner@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Bullseye, Mike. 8.2.11 works with the desired directory in the "default
folder" and "*" in the Tiff or Jpeg filename box.

What's confusing is that you can use a full path spec in the Tiff filename
box ("c:\temp\scan001+.tif") and that works fine.

Thanks!
David

Can't explain the anomoly you describe, but I'm glad you got it working.

Mike