# Save images under different names usb camera
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-images-under-different-names-usb-camera/8220
**Category:** General
**Created:** [21 February 2019 12:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-images-under-different-names-usb-camera/8220 "2019-02-21T12:28:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@ZenoVD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ZenoVD)
#### Post date: [21 February 2019 12:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-images-under-different-names-usb-camera/8220/1 "2019-02-21T12:29:00Z")
Hello, i am trying so save images my usb camera made under a different name, at the moment when a new image arrives it replaces the image made before that, does anyone know how i can make every picture save under a different name?
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### Author:  [@ZenoVD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ZenoVD)
#### Post date: [21 February 2019 12:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-images-under-different-names-usb-camera/8220/2 "2019-02-21T12:29:40Z")
This is a screenshot of my usb camera node settings 
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [21 February 2019 15:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-images-under-different-names-usb-camera/8220/3 "2019-02-21T15:30:42Z")
Can you sent the node (what node is it?) the file name? Many nodes allow the ncoming msg to set a variable name - you would have to blank out the `File Name` option in the node.
Also what are the other options the node offers?? (read the info tab for the node)
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### Author:  [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [21 February 2019 15:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-images-under-different-names-usb-camera/8220/4 "2019-02-21T15:41:02Z")
Alternatively if the node outputs the name of the file you could then rename it with an exec node
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### Author:  [@ZenoVD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ZenoVD)
#### Post date: [21 February 2019 15:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-images-under-different-names-usb-camera/8220/5 "2019-02-21T15:51:33Z")
This is the node I used: [https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-node-webcam](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-node-webcam)
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### Author:  [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [21 February 2019 15:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-images-under-different-names-usb-camera/8220/6 "2019-02-21T15:54:59Z")
what are the options under “file mode” if it can output the image as a buffer you could then use the file out node to write it to whatever file name you want
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### Author:  [@ZenoVD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ZenoVD)
#### Post date: [21 February 2019 16:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-images-under-different-names-usb-camera/8220/7 "2019-02-21T16:46:14Z")
Yes i can select buffer, how exactly does this file out node work?
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### Author:  [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [21 February 2019 17:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-images-under-different-names-usb-camera/8220/8 "2019-02-21T17:31:01Z")
The info panel on the Right Hand side gives a very good explanation.