Re: [Openexr-user] EXR layer naming conventions

[Michael Wolf]

On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:03:25 +0200, Jim Hourihan <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Jim,

> If so how? "left" and "right" layers? etc, etc.
>
> My inclination is to write them as:
>
>       left.[RGBAZ]
>       right.[RGBAZ]
>
> and if there are additional layers (e.g.):
>
>       left.diffuse.[RGB]
>       right.diffuse.[RGB]
>
> But it seems like nailing down "left" and "right" (and/or "center")
> would be a good idea
> along with any accompanying attributes (matrices).

The only problem I see is that it would not allow older importers that don't 
support layers to load any data.

How about an attribute "Stereoscopic", which defines the name for the other 
layer.

So you'd either end up with:

        Stereoscopic = "right"          
        [RGBAZ]
        right.[RGBAZ]

or
        Stereoscopic = "left"           
        left.[RGBAZ]
        [RGBAZ]

and older loaders could at least display something?

Cheers,
Mike

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