Hi Mark

There is a setting in the write node's exr settings called "Standard layer
name format".  This will write the data in the method your asking for.  I
believe we added this preference roughly around Nuke 6.3.

-deke

On Wednesday, December 4, 2013, Mark Boorer wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Just had a quick question with regards to channel names in multiview
> (stereo) exr's.
>
> According to the documentation here:
> http://www.openexr.com/MultiViewOpenEXR.pdf
>
> The view name must be the ultimate layer name, that is, the penultimate
>> period-delimited component in
>> each channel name. In other words, the view name is followed by a period
>> and a final channel name in the
>> format *layer.view.channel* or *view.channel*.
>>
>
> But it appears as though nuke writes its layers and channels in*
> view.layer.channel* order.
>
> Is there a reason for this behaviour?
>
> This means that interoperability between applications where multiple
> channels / layers exist is problematic.
>
> Below is a script that will write out the layer "rgbaz" with both left and
> right views, exhibiting the problem.
> Nuke is unable to read the written file back in.
>
> Here is some relevant output from the exrheader application:
>
> channels (type chlist):
>     rgbaz.a, 16-bit floating-point, sampling 1 1
>     rgbaz.b, 16-bit floating-point, sampling 1 1
>     rgbaz.g, 16-bit floating-point, sampling 1 1
>     rgbaz.r, 16-bit floating-point, sampling 1 1
>     right.rgbaz.a, 16-bit floating-point, sampling 1 1
>     right.rgbaz.b, 16-bit floating-point, sampling 1 1
>     right.rgbaz.g, 16-bit floating-point, sampling 1 1
>     right.rgbaz.r, 16-bit floating-point, sampling 1 1
> multiView (type stringvector):
>     "left"
>     "right"
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
> NB: The script below was written in the Nuke 8 beta, but will open in most
> Nuke versions.
> The problem was reproducible as far back as I tested, (nuke 6.2v3)
>
> #! /opt/nuke8.0v1b48/libnuke-8.0.v1b48.so -nx
> version 8.0 v1b48
> define_window_layout_xml {<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <layout version="1.0">
>     <window x="42" y="48" w="1680" h="1024" screen="0">
>         <splitter orientation="1">
>             <split size="1062"/>
>             <splitter orientation="1">
>                 <split size="40"/>
>                 <dock id="" hideTitles="1" activePageId="Toolbar.1">
>                     <page id="Toolbar.1"/>
>                 </dock>
>                 <split size="1018"/>
>                 <splitter orientation="2">
>                     <split size="585"/>
>                     <dock id="" activePageId="Viewer.1">
>                         <page id="Viewer.1"/>
>                     </dock>
>                     <split size="412"/>
>                     <dock id="" activePageId="DAG.1">
>                         <page id="DAG.1"/>
>                         <page id="Curve Editor.1"/>
>                         <page id="DopeSheet.1"/>
>                     </dock>
>                 </splitter>
>             </splitter>
>             <split size="614"/>
>             <dock id="" activePageId="Properties.1">
>                 <page id="Properties.1"/>
>             </dock>
>         </splitter>
>     </window>
> </layout>
> }
> Root {
>  inputs 0
>  name /tmp/nuke8_channelbug.nk
>  format "2048 1556 0 0 2048 1556 1 2K_Super_35(full-ap)"
>  proxy_type scale
>  proxy_format "1024 778 0 0 1024 778 1 1K_Super_35(full-ap)"
>  views "left #ff0000
> right #00ff00"
> }
> add_layer {rgbaz rgbaz.r rgbaz.g rgbaz.b rgbaz.a rgbaz.z}
> Constant {
>  inputs 0
>  channels rgbaz
>  color {1 0 0 0}
>  format "1920 1080 0 0 1920 1080 1 HD"
>  name Constant2
>  xpos -178
>  ypos -211
> }
> Text {
>  output rgbaz
>  message RIGHT
>  font /usr/share/fonts/liberation/LiberationMono-Regular.ttf
>  size 400
>  yjustify center
>  box {512 389 1784 1167}
>  translate {-60 -210}
>  center {1024 778}
>  color {0 1 0 0}
>  name Text2
>  xpos -178
>  ypos -129
> }
> Remove {
>  channels rgba
>  name Remove2
>  xpos -178
>  ypos -93
> }
> Constant {
>  inputs 0
>  channels rgbaz
>  color {0 0 1 0}
>  format "1920 1080 0 0 1920 1080 1 HD"
>  name Constant1
>  xpos -285
>  ypos -213
> }
> Text {
>  output rgbaz
>  message LEFT
>  font /usr/share/fonts/liberation/LiberationMono-Regular.ttf
>  size 400
>  yjustify center
>  box {512 389 1536 1167}
>  translate {-60 -210}
>  center {1024 778}
>  color {0 1 0 0}
>  name Text1
>  xpos -285
>  ypos -129
> }
> Remove {
>  channels rgba
>  name Remove1
>  xpos -285
>  ypos -95
> }
> JoinViews {
>  inputs 2
>  name JoinViews1
>  xpos -236
>  ypos -54
>  viewassoc "left\nright"
> }
> Write {
>  channels all
>  file /tmp/test.exr
>  file_type exr
>  version 7
>  name Write1
>  xpos -236
>  ypos -30
> }
> Viewer {
>  frame 1
>  channels rgbaz
>  input_process false
>  name Viewer1
>  xpos -235
>  ypos 44
> }
>
>

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