XSI really doesn't have a "Native format", it just has a default value in the rendering ppg .pic is just a file format like the others; there is no additional conversion when using the other format in Softimage, or loss of meta-data. All the image file formats in softimage have the API. Plus, if you're rendering with mental ray.. .it's just one of the format mental ray supports.
It was kind of native in Softimage|3D's renderer. In XSI, .pic is just the file format default due to inertia and fear of change. On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Ponthieux, Joey <[email protected]>wrote: > I guess what I am really curious about is why there is so much interest > by folks in using these non-native formats which are filled with all sorts > of extra stuff such as layers, channels, paths, metadata, and potentially > incompatible compressions schemes. Do they provide seriously important > value over the native formats(pic in Softimage, iff in Maya) to warrant the > risks? > >
