Captain Mal Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I am trying to save an .exr from Max. It is not displaying as a choice in the VRAY frame buffer save as dialog. Anyone have any ideas why? Do I need to install the OpenEXR Plugin? I thought that was only for photoshop... 3DS MAX 2012 x64 VRAY 1.50 SP6 Any help would be appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mal Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) HOLD ON A MINUTE.... I "can" save .exr's as separate render elements.... but I cannot save as one collected .exr under the VRAY Raw Image File tab. researching... Edited October 17, 2012 by Captain Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 just type in .exr to your file name, it will work. update your vray to the current version and you will see a check box for saving as an EXR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mal Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Thanks, Brian. That 'kind of' works. It does give me an .exr that I can open in photoshop... but it is not a layered .exr with all of the different passes collected in one comp. Is this a limitation of Vray 1.5? Odd thing is, the file balloons in size - so it seems that the layers are really there... but I cannot get PSD to open with all the layers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 if you don't have CS6, you will need the openEXR plugin for photoshop, which you mentioned before if that's not working you must not have it installed properly. Hold the alt(option) key when you open you're EXR do you get an OpenEXR options menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mal Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Yep. I've got OpenEXR installed. And even ProEXR. No luck. Thanks for the info - just trying to learn different workflow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Hamm Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Ok "Captain Mal"....add this to the list of why we need to upgrade to CS6. Hey Brian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mal Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 ... is that better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ismael Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I think you still have to select which render elements get included in the .exr image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) That's only if you're writting your EXR our through the save image file option. When you're using the output to vrimg slot set to EXR like Marty is all channels get included. It sounds like you're getting your channels embedded properly if your file is getting larger. Make sure you have the ProEXR.8Bi file in... C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Plug-ins and make sure if you've got it in the 64bit version of PS programs files that you are running the 64bit version of PS (or 32bit if you're behind the times) Is there a specific reason you are writing our through the vrimg output slot? best option is use the max buffer write out to exr and put it on auto or select the g-buffers to include (can't use the vray buffer to get all the channels packed in an exr) then you'll know you've got that variable out of your problem. (also knock it down to a 16bit float save yourself some file space / decrease load times when running exr sequences with embedded channels through aftereffects for compositing your animations) Edited October 17, 2012 by BrianKitts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Ok "Captain Mal"....add this to the list of why we need to upgrade to CS6. Hey Brian! What's up hammer! hope things are going well back in cowtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 ....add this to the list of why we need to upgrade to CS6. oops sorry just double checked this so I didn't lead anyone astray..... CS6 supports OpenEXR files, but not layered EXRs, still going to need the plugin. http://fnordware.blogspot.com/2012/04/proexr-ez-is-free.html you should have CS6 though..... 4 words, adaptive wide angle correction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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