Rename an effect/plugin

[megamau]

Is it possible to rename an effect using and AEGP or some other way? I see the AEGP_GetEffectName to get the name but there is no set.

[Mylenium]

I'm not clear what you are asking. Why would you want to rename the effect itself? You can simply let it have any name you want in the UI.

Mylenium

[megamau]

My plugin creates instances of itself, and I want to be able to specify the name of those instances. The name is no predictable. I only know the name at the exact point I create a new instance.

[shachar carmi · Accepted solution]

Get the effects's param 1 ref stream, then get it's parent stream using AEGP_GetNewParentStreamRef.

that parent stream is the effects stream. you can now change it's name using AEGP_SetStreamName.

[megamau]

Thank you, that was it... It's also written in the SDK guide when we look for AEGP_GetEffectName and I completely missed it, sorry.