OpenEXR

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File Format
Name OpenEXR
Ontology
Extension(s) .exr
PRONOM fmt/1001
Released 2003

OpenEXR (also known as EXR or IlmImf) is a raster image file format developed by Industrial Light & Magic. It supports high dynamic range images. It usually uses 16-bit "half precision" floating point samples, though other sample formats are also supported.

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Identification

Files start with bytes 76 2F 31 01.

Specifications

The written documentation is unofficial. The format is defined as "whatever the IlmImf Library reads and writes."

Software

  • The IlmImf Library, a.k.a. The OpenEXR source distribution (C++): OpenEXR Downloads → openexr-x.x.x.tar.gz, ilmbase-x.x.x.tar.gz
  • abydos

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