# How do I change the default location for animation files in Javis?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-default-location-for-animation-files-in-javis/75479>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** package, animations\
**Created:** [January 30, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-default-location-for-animation-files-in-javis/75479 "2022-01-30T23:11:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![BinChicken42](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/binchicken42/32/32605_2.png) [@BinChicken42](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BinChicken42)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-default-location-for-animation-files-in-javis/75479/1 "2022-01-30T23:11:56Z")

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When I render a Javis animation, it creates a animation file in the same folder as the code file. Is there a way to change something so that all of my animation files are made in one location, such as a folder just for my animations (I know that live preview is a thing)?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![TheCedarPrince](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/thecedarprince/32/17323_2.png) [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-default-location-for-animation-files-in-javis/75479/2 "2022-01-31T01:39:14Z")

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Hey @BinChicken42 👋

Javis co-creator here and thanks for using Javis!  
If I understand you correctly, you want one folder for code and another folder for animations.  
To do this, just create another folder wherever on your computer and then provide that in the name of the file like this:

```julia
render(your_video; pathname = "path/to/your_animations/animation.gif")

```

Here the path to your animation folder is `path/to/your_animations/` where each word is a folder.  
`animation.gif` is the name of the animated file.

Here is the same example on a Windows computer:

```julia
render(your_video; pathname = "C:\Users\johndoe\Downloads\animation.gif")

```

Which renders the `animation.gif` file into a user’s `Downloads` folder (in this case, the user `johndoe`).

Does that answer your question?

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**Author:** ![BinChicken42](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/binchicken42/32/32605_2.png) [@BinChicken42](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BinChicken42)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 6:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-default-location-for-animation-files-in-javis/75479/3 "2022-01-31T06:43:34Z")

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Yes thankyou!