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Re: [Openexr-user] multi-channel EXRs and Shake
From: |
Rod Bogart |
Subject: |
Re: [Openexr-user] multi-channel EXRs and Shake |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:17:32 -0800 |
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Mutt/1.2.5.1i |
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Erik Winquist wrote:
> hey, i'm curious about Shake's ability (or lack thereof) for dealing
> with multi-channel (RGBA+) EXR images.
>
> Is it possible with the current Shake plugin and a custom Reorder node?
> Is it possible with a custom file reader? Is it possible at all?
>
> Shake's unfortunate RGBAZ limitation leads me to believe that unless a
> custom file reader re-routes specified extra channels to the RGBA
> channels, they're going to get thrown away at the fileIn.
>
>
> ...and if this is the case, it pretty much makes creating multi-channel
> renders pointless for a Shake-based pipeline.
>
>
> anyone have any answers?
>
> erik
You know Apple, they don't say what they're planning. However, the
recent questions (on openexr-devel) about multi-channel image APIs
have been from one of the Shake developers. So they must be asking
the same questions...
RGB