Re: [Openexr-devel] OpenEXR usage survey

[Drew Hess]

gary demos <address@hidden> writes:

> I just upgraded my Mac G5 to Tiger 10.4.2.  I accidentally
> double-clicked on an openexr file, ending in extention .exr, and
> found that the Mac opened the file and put in on the screen using
> "Preview".  The program "Preview" ships with the Mac, and is the
> default viewer for ".pdf" acrobat and for Apple documentation.  The
> gamma was not queried, and came up much higher than I normally use
> (the picture was too bright).  However, apparently there is an
> OpenExr reader built into Preview.  Preview also allowed a "save as"
> to OpenExr format, but the picture was scrambled, so the writer
> apparently still has bugs.


Hi Gary,

Yeah, OpenEXR comes with Tiger.  I believe that CoreImage supports it.
If I recall correctly, there's an exposure slider in Preview, though I
noticed that images tend to come up a little washed out.  Couldn't
tell if that was a gamma problem or a tone mapping issue.

d

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