I use PSD files, as textures in Softimage, no problem. It evens sees the transparency (32 bit). I have had issues with TIFF
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Steven Caron <[email protected]> wrote: > oh i should add, tifs are perfectly fine in arnold... they have been a > pain in the past with mental ray, but fortunately i dont have to use mental > ray much if at all anymore. > > s > > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Steven Caron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> tifs are perfectly fine... they support many bit depths, mip mapping, and >> tiling. i did a comparison to exr as a texture format years ago and >> OIIO/Arnold liked the tif files better. >> >> s >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Simon van de Lagemaat < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> <[email protected]> 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. ~~ >>> > >>> >> >> > -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson** **(954) 552-7956 * [email protected] <http://www.3danimationmagic.com>
