Image I/O

Built-in plugins:

Optional plugins:


Cineon

Kodak Cineon image file format.

This is a specialized file format for storing images scanned from motion-picture film.

Print color space:

  • Black point: 0 - 1023. Value: 95.
  • White point: 0 - 1023. Value: 685.
  • Gamma: 0.01 - 4.0. Value: 1.7.
  • Soft clip: 0 - 50. Value: 0.

Support:

  • Image data: RGB, 10-bit (the most common variety).
  • Interleaved channels only.

File extensions:

  • .cin

Image tags:

  • Source Offset
  • Source File
  • Source Time
  • Source Input Device
  • Source Input Model
  • Source Input Serial
  • Source Input Pitch
  • Source Gamma
  • Film Format
  • Film Frame
  • Film Frame Rate
  • Film Frame ID
  • Film Slate

Load options:

  • color (value)

    Color space: Auto, Raw, Print. Value: Auto.

  • print (black) (white) (gamma) (soft clip)

    Print color space: 95 685 1.7 0.

Save options:

  • color (value)

    Color space: Auto, Raw, Print. Value: Print.

  • print (black) (white) (gamma)

    Print color space: 95 685 1.7.


DPX

SMPTE Digital Picture Exchange image file format.

DPX is the successor to the Cineon file format, with support for additional image and meta data.

Support:

  • Image data:
    • RGB, 10-bit, type "A" packing (the most common variety).
    • L, RGB, RGBA, 8-bit, 16-bit.
  • Interleaved channels only.

File extensions:

  • .dpx

Image tags:

  • Source Offset
  • Source Center
  • Source Size
  • Source File
  • Source Time
  • Source Input Device
  • Source Input Serial
  • Source Border
  • Source Pixel Aspect
  • Source Scan Size
  • Film Format
  • Film Frame
  • Film Sequence
  • Film Hold
  • Film Frame Rate
  • Film Shutter
  • Film Frame ID
  • Film Slate
  • TV Interlace
  • TV Field
  • TV Video Signal
  • TV Sample Rate
  • TV Frame Rate
  • TV Time Offset
  • TV Gamma
  • TV Black Level
  • TV Black Gain
  • TV Break Point
  • TV White Level
  • TV Integration Times

Load options:

  • color (value)

    Input color space: Auto, Raw, Print. Value: Auto.

  • print (black) (white) (gamma) (soft clip)

    Print color space. Value: 95 685 1.7 0.

Save options:

  • color (value)

    Output color space: Auto, Raw, Print. Value: Print.

  • print (black) (white) (gamma)

    Print color space. Value: 95 685 1.7.

  • type (value)

    Pixel type: Auto, U10. Value: U10.

  • endian (value)

    Endian: Auto, MSB, LSB. Value: MSB.


IFL

Autodesk Image File List format.

IFL is a file format for creating sequences or playlists of other image files. An IFL file simply consists of a list of image file names, one per line.

Support:

  • Read-only.

File extensions:

  • .ifl

LUT

Lookup table file format.

Lookup tables provide a way to store basic color transformations.

Support:

  • File types: Inferno, Kodak.
  • Image data:
    • L, LA, RGB, RGBA, 8-bit, 16-bit.
    • RGB, 10-bit.

File extensions:

  • .lut
  • .1dl

Load options:

  • spec (value)

    File specification: Inferno, Kodak. Value: Inferno.

  • type (value)

    Pixel type: Auto, U8, U10, U16. Value: Auto.

Save options:

  • spec (value)

    File specification: Inferno, Kodak. Value: Inferno.


PIC

Softimage image file format.

Support:

  • Read-only.
  • Image data:
    • RGB, RGBA, 8-bit.
    • RGB plus alpha, 8-bit.
  • File compression.

File extensions:

  • .pic

PPM

NetPBM image file format.

Support:

  • Image data: L, RGB, 1-bit, 8-bit, 16-bit.

File extensions:

  • .ppm
  • .pnm
  • .pgm
  • .pbm

Save options:

  • type (value)

    Pixel type: Auto, U1. Value: Auto.

  • mode (value)

    File mode: ASCII, Binary. Value: Binary.


RLA

Wavefront image file format.

Support:

  • Read-only.
  • Image data: L, LA, RGB, RGBA, 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit float.
  • File compression.

File extensions:

  • .rla
  • .rpf

SGI

Silicon Graphics image file format.

Support:

  • Image data: L, LA, RGB, RGBA, 8-bit, 16-bit.
  • File compression.

File extensions:

  • .sgi
  • .rgba
  • .rgb
  • .bw

Save options:

  • compress (value)

    Compression: None, RLE. Value: None.


TGA

Targa image file format.

Support:

  • Image data: L, LA, RGB, RGBA, 8-bit.
  • File compression.

File extensions:

  • .tga

Save options:

  • compress (value)

    Compression: None, RLE. Value: None.


EXR

Industrial Light & Magic OpenEXR image file format.

Requires:

Support:

  • Image data: L, LA, RGB, RGBA, 16-bit float, 32-bit float.
  • Image layers.
  • File compression.

File extensions:

  • .exr

Image tags:

  • Longitude
  • Latitude
  • Altitude
  • Focus
  • Exposure
  • Aperture
  • ISO Speed
  • Chromaticities
  • White Luminance
  • X Density

Load options:

  • color (value)

    Input color space: Raw, Exposure. Value: Exposure.

  • exposure (value) (defog) (knee low) (knee high) (gamma)

    Exposure color space. Value: 0 0 0 5 2.2.

Save options:

  • compress (value)

    Compression: None, RLE, ZIPS, ZIP, PIZ, PXR24, B44, B44A. Value: None.


JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group image file format.

Requires:

Support:

  • Image data: L, RGB, 8-bit.
  • File compression.

File extensions:

  • .jpeg
  • .jpg
  • .jfif

Save options:

  • quality (value)

    Compression quality: 1-100. Value: 100.


PNG

Portable Network Graphics image file format.

Requires:

Support:

  • Image data: L, RGB, RGBA, 8-bit, 16-bit.
  • File compression.

File extensions:

  • .png

QuickTime

Apple QuickTime movie file format.

Note that there are two different QuickTime plugins; the Microsoft Windows/Apple Mac OS X version with official Apple QuickTime support, and the UNIX version with unofficial QuickTime support provided by the libquicktime and FFmpeg libraries.

Requires:

Support:

  • Image data: RGBA, 8-bit.
  • File compression.

UNIX support:

  • Image data: RGBA, 8-bit.
  • File compression.

File extensions:

  • .qt
  • .mov
  • .avi
  • .mp4

Save options:

  • codec (value)

    Codec: Raw, JPEG, MJPEG-A, MJPEG-B, H263, H264, DVC-NTSC, DVC-PAL. Value: JPEG.

  • quality (value)

    Quality: Lossless, Min, Max, Low, Normal, High. Value: Normal.

UNIX save options:

  • codec (value)

    Codec: raw, rawalpha, v308, v408, v410, yuv2, yuv4, yv12, 2vuy, v210, ffmpeg_mpg4, ffmpeg_msmpeg4v3, ffmpeg_h263, ffmpeg_h263p, ffmpeg_mjpg, ffmpeg_dv_ntsc, ffmpeg_dv_pal, ffmpeg_dv50_pal, ffmpeg_dv50_ntsc, png, pngalpha, rtjpeg, jpeg, mjpa, ffmpeg_dv_avi, ffmpeg_ffvhuff. Value: jpeg.


TIFF

Tagged image file format.

Requires:

Support:

  • Image data: L, LA, RGB, RGBA, 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit float.
  • Interleaved channels only.
  • File compression.

File extensions:

  • .tiff
  • .tif

Save options:

  • compress (value)

    Compression: None, RLE, LZW. Value: None.


VLUT

Video lookup table I/O.

Video lookup tables control the colors shown on a display device.

Requires:

Support:

  • Image data: RGB, 8-bit, 16-bit (platform-dependent).

File extensions:

  • .vlut