[Openexr-user] New Photoshop EXR plug-in

[Brendan Bolles]

Hey everyone,

After I went through the trouble of making After Effects plug-ins
that can read all the channels in an EXR file, I decided I had to do
it in Photoshop too. So I'm announcing a new plug-in for Photoshop:
ProEXR. Currently I'm saying it's in beta, so please try it out and
let me know if you experience any problems.

The page with the info is here:

http://www.fnordware.com/ProEXR/



As usual, I welcome feedback from everyone on this list.


Enjoy!



Brendan

[Michael Wolf]

Post by Brendan Bolles
Hey everyone,

Hi Brendan,

Post by Brendan Bolles
After I went through the trouble of making After Effects plug-ins
that can read all the channels in an EXR file, I decided I had to do
it in Photoshop too.

...

Post by Brendan Bolles
http://www.fnordware.com/ProEXR/

Hah, you beat me to it, I was thinking about a similar plugin...

Post by Brendan Bolles
As usual, I welcome feedback from everyone on this list.

*grumble* need to get CS3 first... *grumble*

Post by Brendan Bolles
Enjoy!

Cheers,
Mike
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[l***@mab3d.com]

Post by Brendan Bolles
Hey everyone,
After I went through the trouble of making After Effects plug-ins
that can read all the channels in an EXR file, I decided I had to
do it in Photoshop too.

Great work, Brendan. I'll be testing it out pretty soon!

However, this brings up a question I've had for a while: What
compression method does the default Photoshop OpenEXR plugin use? Is
there a quick way to find this out?

-Mark

[Brendan Bolles]

Post by l***@mab3d.com
However, this brings up a question I've had for a while: What
compression method does the default Photoshop OpenEXR plugin use?
Is there a quick way to find this out?

It does Piz, which is the right choice for a default, particularly in
Photoshop where photographic images are the norm. But I find that
Zip16 is competitive in most cases and the clear winner for CG
renders and things with areas of flat color. BTW, I verified Piz by
opening a file in After Effects where my free AE plug-in has a little
compression readout.


These days I'm also really loving the B44 + Luminance/Chroma
combination. You can really crush the size of the file, usually
without any noticeable artifacts. They also play back in real time
using playexr.

It's lossy, so I probably wouldn't want to use it for archiving, but
definitely for when I want to send an EXR through email.



Brendan

[Chris Cox]

PIZ, 16 bit float

Or you could write out a file and take a look at it...


Chris

Post by l***@mab3d.com

Post by Brendan Bolles
Hey everyone,
After I went through the trouble of making After Effects plug-ins
that can read all the channels in an EXR file, I decided I had to
do it in Photoshop too.

Great work, Brendan. I'll be testing it out pretty soon!
However, this brings up a question I've had for a while: What
compression method does the default Photoshop OpenEXR plugin use? Is
there a quick way to find this out?
-Mark
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