3Delight supports the following image file formats:
Name & Extension | Description | Bit Depth | |
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TIFF | .tif | TIFF format. | 8-bit integer |
OpenEXR | .exr | Open EXR format using lossless ZIP compression for all layers. | 16-bit float |
OpenEXR (DWAA) | .exr | Open EXR format using lossy DWAA compression for color layers. Layers containing data of another nature, such as normals, use lossless ZIP compression. The compression level used is the default 45, which is generally imperceptible. | 16-bit float |
OpenEXR (deep) | .exr | The Open EXR "deep" image format. Each pixel can contain multiple values at different depths. | 16-bit float |
PNG | .png | PNG format. (Single layer output only.) | 8-bit integer |
JPEG | .jpg | JPEG format. (Single layer output only.) | 8-bit integer |
8-bit images are saved with a sRGB gamma correction. 16-bit integer, 16-bit float and 32-bit float images are saved as "raw" data, without any gamma correction. |