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

[Florian Kainz]

erik winquist wrote:
> On Nov 17, 2004, at 12:27 PM, Erik Winquist wrote:
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> > 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.
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> actually, does the shake plugin even support RGBAZ images?
>
> we've been trying to read RGBA+Z exr frames and are losing the Z channel.
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> it would appear that only .iff is supported for embedded Z channels.   
> hmmpf.
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> --
> erik winquist
> weta digital


ILM's Shake plugin currently supports only RGBA, but assuming
that Shake's plugin interface supports Z channels, RGBAZ support
shouldn't be difficult to implement.  Any volunteers?