Try converting the files at the command-line to change the compression. For example :
imgconv 16bitRender.tif fixed.tif -sequence 1 10 -compression lzw
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Luc-Eric Rousseau
Team Leader, User Interface
Softimage|XSI
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf
> Of Thomas Helzle
> Posted At: Friday, November 04, 2005 12:43 PM
> Posted To: xsi
> Conversation: 16-bit sgi or tif problems
> Subject: Re: 16-bit sgi or tif problems
>
>
> Can you open the files in Photoshop or After Effects? 16bit
> tiffs from 4.2 worked fine with those apps, from 5 they don't.
> I only have DFX+ so I can't use 16bit there or export it as 16 bit.
> I call that broken ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Thomas Helzle
>
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:11:18 +0100, Harry BARDAK
> <harry(at)def2shoot.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't see your point when you say 16 tiff are broken
> > Because i have just rendered over 2500 x 6 frames in 2K in tiff 16.
> >
> > But i ve noticed in fusion that the pixel aspect is screwed
> by default.
> > I fixed that by entering myself the right pixel aspect.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thomas Helzle a écrit :
> >
> >> 16Bit Tiffs are definitely broken in 5 (and 5.01).
> >> I currently try to render an image that was fine in 4.2, but the
> >> output from 5 can't be opened by Photoshop (6 and CS) or standard
> >> After Effects (5.5 and 6.5).
> >> DFX+ can open it, but loads it 20 pixels high and very
> >> looooooooooooong with an absurd pixel aspect instead of 3300x2460.
> >>
> >> The only loader I've found so far who can open that stuff
> is SuperTiff
> >> for After Effects:
> >> http://www.fnordware.com/supertiff/
> >>
> >> Now I convert each image with AE to something readable by Photoshop
> >> first...
> >>
> >> I also got weird results from OpenEXR 32bit - a red background was
> >> suddenly black when opened with the Photoshop plugin.
> >>
> >> If anyone knows a working 16/32bit format in XSI 5 that works with
> >> Photoshop I would be thankful.
> >>
> >> BTW. Those image formats really need an overhaul - I miss
> Multilayer
> >> PSD, RLA and especially RPF from Lightwave...
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Thomas
>
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