OpenEXR

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Categories: Files, Formats, Standards

OpenEXR is a file format developed by Industrial Light & Magic for high dynamic range (HDR) images that are used in computer imaging applications. It is used by ILM on motion pictures, has become ILM’s main image file format, and is released as free software. It offers a higher dynamic range than 8 or 10-bit pictures, support for 16-bit floating-point, 32-bit floating-point, and 32-bit integer pixels, up to 2:1 lossless compression algorithms, and extensibility to add new compression codecs and image types. It forms the container for the ACES color format.

See also: ACES, Color Transform Language