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  CS6: OpenEXR import and buffer separation?

  Posted by Eric Chard on February 18, 2013 at 10:48 pm

  The CS6 documentation says that a formerly 3rd party external plugin, ProEXR, is used to utilize the extra buffers OpenEXR is capable of supporting. And is included w/CS6.

  I see the EXtractoR and IDentifier plugins in the Effects menu but not the ProEXR plugin. Where is it accessed?

  Thanks.

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  Eric Chard replied 13 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Todd Kopriva

  February 19, 2013 at 4:09 am

  IDentifier and EXtractoR are the ProEXR plug-ins.

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  Eric Chard

  February 19, 2013 at 5:29 am

  I got that now. I must say that’s some of the most elliptical documentation I’ve ever seen.

  I’m working w/a 3d app that exports the Shadow buffer, apparently, as just a single 8 bit buffer/layer (no color info) inside the EXR file. In the EXtractoR plugin, what do I assign to the RGB channels to use the shadow buffer as a Multiply layer in AE to implement a shadow?

  And what does the “copy” parameter in the channel substitution dialog mean? Copy from the original layer?

  Thanks.

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