PNG Exporting as 48-bit? How to make 32-bit instead

General Discussion
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Hi,

I’m trying to export out a tiled PNG version of my terrain and I noticed that the PNG tiles which are exported get output as a 48-bit format. This was a new bit-depth standard for me so I looked it up and its for HDMI color ranges. For my purposes, I really need just 32-bit as the program I am dumping these into doesnt like this 48-bit standard. I am able to batch convert them via PS down to 24-bit, but I was wondering if there is an option directly in WM to just output in 32-bit rather than 48? If anyone knows how to do this, I would be very appreciative.

Thanks!

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Hello,

you’re right, it would be useful to have 8bit export options for the two existing high bitdepth color types. If you can use a windows BMP file, selecting that format will give 8bit/channel RGB output.

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hello, thanks for the tip. definitely useful.

thanks again!

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just an update, I’ve added this option to the bitmap PNG exporter so you can choose the bitdepth you want to use.

It will appear in the next update!