"Render to V-Ray raw image file" - I don't have exr file extension option

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Newbie question (I’m still on v1.5 and learning)…

I’d like to save my rendered passes as one exr file that After Effects will open and see correctly - I’m watching a training video and the trainer is using the “Render to V-Ray raw image file” setting to then go and save the file as an .exr image file with about 6 render elements which open up and are seen correctly in After Effects (I can do this with his file).

Yet when I create my own project render elements and go to the same area in my V1.5, I don’t see this file type as an option (only vrimg I think it is).

Is this a new feature in V2 ??

Or am I missing something here ??

Thanks,

Jez

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just manually type in the .exr extension. It will work just fine.

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Thanks Brett, That worked.

Not sure if it saves the images as 32bit though.

Is this a new v2.0 feature ?

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I think it saves it to full 32bit by default, but Vlado or someone can confirm - it might be half-float. I think it’s been around since before 2.0, but I can’t remember for sure now :slight_smile:

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In V-Ray 2.0 or later there is an option to save 16 or 32 bit EXR file. For the older V-Ray version (1.5) the EXR file will be saved in 16 bit by default.

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In the older versions, this can be changed from MaxScript:renderers.current.output_rawExrUseHalf=false

Best regards,
Vlado

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you also might want to put like this: filename..exr, since with frame padding it will look like this filename0000.exr, if you do not.