Arnold will render out to png's as well. .Sgi & .exr for higher bit levels.
If it's heading for flame/smoke then I think sgi's are the best best for import speed as it's a native format. Might not be true any more but it used to reduce import times for heavy sequences hugely. Tif's & tga's always remind me of 1970's & concrete for some reason. I get a sinking feeling when ever I'm given them to deal with. Adam (png, png, png) ________________________________ From: Luc-Eric Rousseau <luceri...@gmail.com> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Sent: Friday, 16 November 2012, 13:29 Subject: Re: 16 bit tif from photoshop not working in softimage? Mental ray on supports 8 bit png, afaik On Nov 16, 2012 1:26 PM, "Gene Crucean" <emailgeneonthel...@gmail.com> wrote: png is an excellent format regardless of what it was designed for. But yes, it's true they aren't for everything. > > > >On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Steven Caron <car...@gmail.com> wrote: > >they have no mip mapping support and it was primarily for web development... >no thanks >> >> >> >> >> >>On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Adam Seeley <adam_see...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >>>I use png's as much as possible, never seems to be a problem with texturing >>>or rendering. >>> >>>Good lossless compression keeps re-load times down when compositing. >>> >>>Flame/Smoke can't load them of course! >>> >>>Adam >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Simon van de Lagemaat <si...@theembassyvfx.com> >>>To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >>>Sent: Thursday, 15 November 2012, 21:06 >>> >>>Subject: Re: 16 bit tif from photoshop not working in softimage? >>> >>> >>>What do people here use as a standard format? I always thought tiff >>>was the least offensive format but after running into some issues with >>>the byte order bs we're wondering if png's might be better? >>> >>>On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Gene Crucean >>><emailgeneonthel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> .tif's = the devil >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ... that is all >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Gene Crucean - Emmy winning - Oscar nominated VFX Supervisor / iOS-OSX >>>> Developer / Filmmaker / Photographer >>>> ** Freelance for hire ** >>>> www.genecrucean.com >>>> >>>> ~~ Please use my website's contact form on www.genecrucean.com for any >>>> personal emails. Thanks. I may not get them at this address. ~~ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > >-- >Gene Crucean - Emmy winning - Oscar nominated VFX Supervisor / iOS-OSX >Developer / Filmmaker / Photographer > >** Freelance for hire ** >www.genecrucean.com > >~~ Please use my website's contact form on www.genecrucean.com for any >personal emails. Thanks. I may not get them at this address. ~~ >
