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Iray Canvas

Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,011
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

There is 'Depth' and 'Distance' as two options for Iray Canvasses.

It saves .exr files... anyone know if there is a way to get it to save in another format? Also, as far as I can tell (I have some basic .exr readers), the canvas file appears to be blank. But I don't know if my reader is working right.

 

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  • ToborTobor Posts: 2,300

    EXR files are 32-bits, so they may appear black when viewed in an 8-bit photo application, and/or when viewed in Photoshop or other 32-bit capable application but are not yet tone mapped. In Photoshop you need to adjust the HDR Toning in order to see the detail.

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,011
    Ah well. I returned Photoshop, of course. Thankfully I have AoA depth camera, at least.
  • FishtalesFishtales Posts: 6,119

    Did you try a Google search for .exr tone mappers?

    This is free.

    http://scanline.ca/exrtools/

    I have no idea how good they are though smiley

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,011
    edited September 2015

    Thanks, Fishtales, but I can't make heads or tails how to use exrtools. Ah well.


    But Luminance HDR works nicely!

    Eeexcept it appears the Depth and Distance canvasses write in some non-RGB format it won't read.

    sigh

     

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,968

    Also have a look at Fusion and AutoDesk Compositor, which will I think open .exr files (they are not just image editors, but can be used for that along the way as I understand it). There's also, for non-commercial work, a free version of Nuke.

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