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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def output_folder(self, value):
 """Output folder path for the rendering. :param value: output folder path :type value: str """

        self._output_folder = value
        if not os.path.exists(self._output_folder):
            os.makedirs(self._output_folder)