OpenEXR Support

[3dform]

Splutterfish releases MaxOpenEXR 0.9 !
It's like HDRI and offers a great new way in rendering.
The Source code is open and download able under:

www.openexr.org

There you find examples and a PHOTOSHOP Plugin!

I think this will be a standart in the future. And ILM already use it.

Any hope Vray will support it in the future? I tried the MAX Plugin but it didn't worked with Vray.

regards,

robert

[Long John]

and here is the link to the max plugin:



http://www.splutterfish.com/sf/downl...EXR_v0.9.0.zip

[egz]

What do you mean it doesn't work in VRay?

Just rendered this test, seems to work great so far:

[RErender]

Worked great for me too! , there is a photoshop plugin now too, Does any one know of any images available for download( other than the samples)? When rendering to a EXR does max save extended light values? or does it always clamp them?

[egz]

The entire sachform collection is available as EXR (my testrendering above uses an image from their collection)

http://www.sachform.de

[RErender]

Also, anybody heard of a windows based program to create them or do I need to get my linux machine running again? :P

[3dform]

Ok delete that topic. It didn't work for me... but maybe I have a bad week or so...
Well, next week I will start testing it again...

robert

[n6]

Worked great for me too! , there is a photoshop plugin now too, Does any one know of any images available for download( other than the samples)? When rendering to a EXR does max save extended light values? or does it always clamp them?

well it seams that using the default MAX scanline renderer extra lighting data are correctly saved into *.exr image.
But when I use VRay render, then the exr image is 100% black


This could be realy usefull if we could use the IO plugin with Vray to generate our own HDRI / OpenEXR image.

[RErender]

V-Ray Saves out to exr fine for me , 128 bit doesn't seem to work, did you change this between renders?

[n6]

yes it works now

I have generated one exr mirror ball image :

http://www.visites-3d.com/demos/vr/5.exr



that gives those results when you use it with enviroment map :

[Psy]

whats the mat setting on that wood floor you have there?

me like a lot

[n6]

whats the mat setting on that wood floor you have there?

me like a lot

simply 100% white reflect / 0.67 glossiness/ 30 subdivis / fresnel on

and of course a wood bitmap in the diffuse slot.

[3dform]

Ok it works now!

The first images where all black, but I increased the exponent it look ok now.

ONLY ONE PROPLEM! How to open it in Photoshop?

I always get an error when trying it, are there any special settings needed?

Hope there will be more tools soon that support this format....

robert

[3dform]

forget this, I found out that you have to store it in 24 bit mode... Else it doesn't work


robert