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EXR is a file format often used to create High Dynamic Range images (HDRis) because of its high resolution color values. Blender can use EXR files in image nodes and as part of the world shader. Blender can also render to EXR files. Use this tag for questions related to importing, using, and rendering EXR format files in Blender.

.exr is the common extension for files in the OpenEXR file format. Wikipedia says that OpenEXR

is a high-dynamic range, multi-channel raster file format, released as an open standard along with a set of software tools created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), under a free software license similar to the BSD license.1

EXR is often used to create High Dynamic Range images (HDRis) because of its high resolution color values.

Blender can use EXR files in image nodes and the world shader and can render output into EXR files.

Use this tag for questions related to importing, using, and rendering EXR format files in Blender.

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Preserving HDR information in EXR output from Blender in a 8-bit PNG?

The only way to get the full dynamic range out in a render or bake is to save it as an EXR float from Blender. Not even saving 16-Bit PNG float will keep all the information in the highlights in Blender. But many applications call for another format…
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Advice on storing EXR

I've rendered a gigantic numbers of scenes, which results in around 22TB (yes, the process took several month-computation and resources). Apparently, I cannot use the EXRs out-of-the-box so I have to extract the PNGs from them, which costs…
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How to name an .exr file?

How do you name an .exr file? I saw how to rename each pass but I couldn't figure out how to name the overall file?
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multilayerEXR renderOut from compositer have Error?

I am using version 3.41. Is there a problem with exporting exr from the compositor? I have to rename multilayer channel names in nuke, so I use blender's fileOutputNode to rename them when exporting. However, the colorSpace is exported as…
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What is the unit used when storing the depth inside an openEXR file format?

I am new to Blender. I have tried searching for an answer to the above question, but haven't found an exact answer to this. The blender version that I am using is 2.92.0. The task I am trying to achieve is really simple. I want to save the depth of…
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When I switch from single to image sequence of an openEXR image sequence in the Compositor Panel, the backdrop disappears

In a new blank scene, I open up the compositor dragging my multilayer OpenEXR sequence in. I can succesfully see a tiniy preview in the Image Node with the correct backdrop, but when I switch from single image to sequence, it disappears. I attach 2…
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