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News Release from: SplutterFish | Subject: OpenEXR plug-in
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 September 2003
SplutterFish Supports OpenEXR Image
Format Std
SplutterFish LLC, a high-end 3D rendering software solutions provider, today announced its has developed a Bitmap I/O plug-in for use in Discreet's 3ds max and Autodesk Viz, in support of OpenEXR.
SplutterFish LLC, a high-end 3D rendering software solutions provider, today announced its has developed a Bitmap I/O plug-in for use in Discreet's 3ds max and Autodesk Viz, in support of OpenEXR, a new open-source, High-Dynamic-Range image file format developed by Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) OpenEXR, a previously proprietary file format developed and used by ILM, defines a flexible, efficient, and extensible image file format which includes a new, high-precision, 16-bit half-float image description that offers a greater dynamic range than existing 8- and 10-bit file formats
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 7 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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ILM released the format code in January to the open source community to serve as an industry standard for computer imaging applications.
It is rapidly gaining support from professional computer graphics hardware and software vendors as well as practitioners in the digital content community.
OpenEXR has been in use in film production on high profile projects such as "The Hulk," "Gangs of New York," "Men in Black II," "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," and "Signs." "SplutterFish have long been advocates of providing free tools to the 3ds max community, with the founders having a long history of releasing popular plug-ins and utilities free for all to use.
We are happy to be able to continue this tradition with the release of the OpenEXR plug-in, which will provide 3ds max users with a flexible format for working with full dynamic range imagery," said Steve Blackmon, CTO of SplutterFish.
"We would like to thank ILM for their generosity in making the EXR code available to the open source community.
It's great to see an industry leader working to establish usable and production proven standards like this that will raise the bar for creative professionals working in the CG community." Availability The OpenEXR plug-in for 3ds max and Autodesk VIZ is currently available from SplutterFish and can be downloaded, free-of-charge, from the company's website, ww.splutterfish.com/download.
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