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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>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 <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *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 >> <[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. ~~ >> > >> >> >> > -- 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. ~~
