HELP!! 16 bit SGI LogL tif format no go in Pshop 7.0

[xgarcia]

I need serious help.

 

My schoolmate has rendered out something like 10 images from a Max6 project and saved the file output as 16 bit SGI LogL tif format. The files will not open in Photoshop 7.0 - I think he intended to save the files as 8-bit rather than 16-bit SGI. Is there anything he can do on a windows XP machine to open the file besides re-rendering (6 hours or so). Ths project is due today by end of day...it's 8:00 in the morning here. Thank you for you help in advance.

 

Xavier

[derijones]

Try "Irfan View" or "XnView" or HDRI shop to convert them to something Photoshop can open

Hope it helps!

Deri

[BpOx]

a TIFF should open in photoshop...try to reinstall the software...or you can open it on another software and change the format so you can open it on photoshop.

[DelfoZ]

can u open that images in 3dsmax as background ? if yes. remove the Blur and render it again, just the BG..

[xgarcia]

Thanks for the tips gentlemen. I could not recover the tiff files. I can open the files in the image buffer in Max6 as well as load them as backgrounds but they come in as grayscale. The only thing I can think of is for someone with access to a SGI machine open the tiffs and convert them to jpegs or bitmaps and email them back to me. Any volunteers...perhaps I'll try CGtalk - more visual FX guys there with SGI machines?

 

See the attached image for the format of tif file the images were saved out as from Max6. Any more suggestions beside the one above?

 

Thanks.

 

Xavier