The advantage of a log-encoded exr is that its smaller than a log DPX
file.  All other weirdness aside.  and if you give them a half float exr in
log you are for sure losing data in the shadows.  YES YOU ARE.

Randy S. Little
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On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Igor Majdandzic <subscripti...@badgerfx.com
> wrote:

> Yeah, in the end they decide. But I am with Deke and I will stick to my
> plan and try to convince them. This is still my area of expertise, so I've
> got a saying in that as well.
>
> Thanks guys for all the input and the collective brain.
>
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> Am 20.03.2017 6:46 nachm. schrieb Marten Blumen <mar...@gmail.com>:
>
> depends on the client really; if a customer wants a hamburger with no
> bread, meat and fillings - then it may be better to just smile and give it
> to them :)
>
> On 21 March 2017 at 06:26, Deke Kincaid <dekekinc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I would stay away.  Tell them you can give them log dpx files.  Giving log
> exr files just sounds like asking for trouble down the line as they are
> nonstandard and not trackable as to the colorspace at a later date.
>
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Igor Majdandzic <
> subscripti...@badgerfx.com> wrote:
>
> Hey,
> A company wants that we supply exrs in log because it would have more
> latitude to work with. Does that make sense? Using the curve for log brings
> everything in 0-1 range, so nothing would have been gained using exrs,
> right? I know both are containers, but for me linear exrs or dpx in log
> would be the way to go. Everything else seems weird and disorienting. Is
> there one argument for log exrs, that I just don't know about.
>
> Cheers,
> Igor
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