OpenEXR Extra Attributes as a layeroverride

[monsteradurm]

ATM I can right click to create layer overrrides for other attributes in the OpenEXR options. The Extra Attibutes attribute does not allow this.

This would be useful to embed per-layer data into the exr.

**Edit: Also just tried pymel to ensure it wasnt an issue with the image format panel. override functionality did not work.

I could set it up so that the embedded data is set prior to each frame rendering but i prefer the idea of using a layer override if it can be implemented

[yolov]

What Maya version is this? Is it with the new layer setup system in 2016.5?
And most importantly - is this about the image format options in the render settings or some extra attributes on the file node?

[monsteradurm]

What Maya version is this? Is it with the new layer setup system in 2016.5?
And most importantly - is this about the image format options in the render settings or some extra attributes on the file node?

2016, this is not using the new layer setup system. This is regarding the image format options from the render settings yes. Though I did also try to set the renderlayer override via pymel, which I can set with setAttr fine, it just doesnt hold the info when switching between them ( because the override isn't sticking).

[yolov]

I can confirm that this control cannot have a render layer override. I'll add a note to our system about this.

[vlado]

Hm, I seem to remember this came up before and we did things about it... but maybe I'm wrong, will check.

Best regards,
Vlado

[monsteradurm]

If this fix does make its way into one of the stable nightly builds soon I would love to start incorporating it into the pipeline here. Will make the maya to nuke workflow for us considerably easier.

[yolov]

I'll let you know once it's there

[monsteradurm]

Ive noticed with the latest 3.4.04 release I can finally use pymel to layer-override the EXR metadata. THANKS!

Not a big issue as far as our pipeline is concerned, but just so you know, we arent able to use the right click context menu to set an override (no context menu appears) - it will only work via pymel. Not an issue for me, just letting you know.

[Mihail.Djurev]

You should be able to set an override by right-clicking on the attribute label in 3.40.04.

[yolov]

Or even middle-mouse drag the label into the "drag attribute" field in the new render setup in 2016.5 and 2017.