RE: [Openexr-user] multi-channel EXRs and Shake

[William Atkin]

Not sure if this was answered, but no the current EXR plugin for Shake does
not read additional channels.  I posted a question about this a few weeks
back and could not find a solution at that point except to write a custom
filein Node.

Pass/Channel based rendering has its uses though and I was able to try out
Nuke with its channel based architecture instead.  EXR is fully supported in
Nuke, if you have the opportunity you should definitely check it out.

Will Atkin
Savannah College of Art and Design


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Erik Winquist
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 6:27 PM
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Subject: [Openexr-user] multi-channel EXRs and Shake


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



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erik winquist
weta digital



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