Re: [Openexr-devel] channel configurations and types

[darby johnston]

--- Florian Kainz <address@hidden> wrote:

> When you read an image file, the library will
> automatically
> convert from the data type in the file to the data
> type in
> the frame buffer.  You can read a file with half
> data into
> a frame buffer of type float.

Great! That makes things easy...

> When you write a file, the library will not convert
> between
> data types.  The type in the file must match the
> type in the
> frame buffer.

Out of curiosity, why do the conversion for reading
but not for writing?


Thanks, Darby