How can I view a V-ray raw image file

[lander]

I must have missed the part about how to load a V-ray raw image file.
I read the online documentation and I searched the forum but I couldn't find it.

Problem is I have now renderd a 5k file to disk without preview or frame buffer. What's the newt step to see it and resave it to something that will load in PS?

[jujubee]

You can view it with an option under the Max File menu.

[Da_elf]

file--open image

[lander]

I'll now crawl back underneath my rock

[jujubee]

It's not obvious. There should also be a way to view it from the Render menus.

[lander]

I must admit I was hoping to be able to open it into a Vray framebuffer interface. Guess not

[cpnichols]

Better yet.. have a photoshop plugin....

[Da_elf]

better yet. have a combustion/shake/AE/Photoshop plugin hehehe

[cpnichols]

better yet. have a combustion/shake/AE/Photoshop plugin hehehe

All true, but actually to be brutally honest, EXR is the true way to go. It is quickly becoming the standard, and technically speaking it can do all the the vrimg can and more.

[dibbers]

Why is the VRimage so much bigger in file size than it's Tiff equivalent. I have a tiff file that's about 30mb and VRimage file is about 200mb!

[Da_elf]

does tiff contain all the different g-buffer elements?

[RErender]

better yet. have a combustion/shake/AE/Photoshop plugin hehehe

All true, but actually to be brutally honest, EXR is the true way to go. It is quickly becoming the standard, and technically speaking it can do all the the vrimg can and more.

The advantage of the vrimg is that it is written incrementally thus lowering the memory overhead.

[cpnichols]

The advantage of the vrimg is that it is written incrementally thus lowering the memory overhead.

Technically speaking, it is possible to write out an exr the same way.

[mike.edel]

even better: it could save multiple resolutions per file (like dds can save mipmaps in one file)
would be great for high-quality textures
from http://www.openexr.com/ReadingAndWritingImageFiles.pdf

In an OpenEXR file, pixel data can be stored either as scan lines or as tiles. Files that store pixels as tiles
can also store multiresolution images.

[cpnichols]

even better: it could save multiple resolutions per file (like dds can save mipmaps in one file)
would be great for high-quality textures
from http://www.openexr.com/ReadingAndWritingImageFiles.pdf

That is the way that Renderman TX file format works for their textures. We were able to have gigs and gigs or textures for a render and it would dynamically load the texture resolution which made texture size a non-issue.