RE: [Openexr-devel] Long Channel Names

[wcoles]

> troubles for the next 100 years? :)  We routinely generate images
> with large channel names, and I could easily imagine going over 32
> characters.  If it has to be a fixed field width, 1024 would be a
> safer upper bound (or even 256, but please please not 32).
 
Haven't ILM been using it for a while though, all their old stuff would
break :)

There are also other tools out-there already in use (splutterfish has an exr
exporter for max, amongst many others).

Although 32 characters is a bit miserly ;) I'd guess it was too late
already?

Wayney

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