Suggestion - Better 16bit+ file export capabilities

General Discussion
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Hi everybody!

In the current release of World Machine Standard you can export your landscape in various 16bit+ formats, however they’re not easy to load into any other program to convert to other formats such as TIF or HDR and so on so i could keep the 16bit per pixel data and avoid the typical stepping seen in 8bit data outputs from World Machine.

Please, i’d like it very much if we were able to output a range of other formats from World Machine Standard and not just these odd formats which very few programs can read, and those i found that can read it they can only output them in 8bit formats so atleast half the data is lost in the translation there. Better capabilities from within World Machine would mean better chance of creating highquality displacements/landscapes in many other programs for us users.

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

/ Magnus

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You not alone with your request. I suggest taking a look at some other threads dealing with file format stuff:






:slight_smile:

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:shock: you’re right, apparently others are suffering from this problem hehe

I’ll dig through those and see if i can come up with some kinda semi-working solution until a updated release is out.

Thanks for your help Nikita :slight_smile:

/ Magnus

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And what nikita didn’t mention is that there will indeed be better 16bit file export options with the upcoming WM 2.

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Great to hear Remnant. Really looking forward to WM 2. :slight_smile:

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Sounds good it will be added in the new 2.0 version, i can barely wait for it :slight_smile: will there even be beyond 16bit capability ? such as 32bit and FP (floatingpoint) support ? that way we can squeeze even more detail outta the landscapes we produce in our external renderengines.

/ Magnus