New variable Request - Random Number

[FairfieldPhoto]

Hi!
One of the steps in my workflow is to create an Animoto slideshow of selected images from an event.  I would like to have a random number variable so that when I do a "save as" with the selected images, I can pre-pend the random number to the image name and mix up the sequence of the images instead of having them displayed in sequential order.

Ideally, I could specify the number of digits (up to some max) such as {rand,4} for a 4 digit random number, etc.

I admit it is probably a pretty narrow use, but it would save me some time in the end having to manually move images around in the slow lightbox on Animoto.

Thanks!

-Mike

[vAfotoriporter]

Until this gets implemented maybe you can use some sort of uncontinous value insted of the random number. Maybe seconds and subseconts or image sizes or similar values used combined.

[Kirk Baker]

Mike,

One of the steps in my workflow is to create an Animoto slideshow of selected images from an event.  I would like to have a random number variable so that when I do a "save as" with the selected images, I can pre-pend the random number to the image name and mix up the sequence of the images instead of having them displayed in sequential order.

Ideally, I could specify the number of digits (up to some max) such as {rand,4} for a 4 digit random number, etc.

I admit it is probably a pretty narrow use, but it would save me some time in the end having to manually move images around in the slow lightbox on Animoto.

I added {rand10} (numbers between 01 and 10)
and {rand100} (numbers between 001 and 100)
and {rand1000} (numbers between 0001 and 1000) to version 4.6

Hopefully these will be of use to you.  I didn't want to use your syntax since it may confuse some users about the substring extraction syntax already in place.

-Kirk