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Jun 24, 2021

Why you should not use PNG files for image sequences

A (Fairly) Comprehensive Compression Comparison between PNG, TIF, and EXR files — A (Fairly) Comprehensive Compression Comparison between PNG, TIF, and EXR TL;DR: If you’re working in 8 Bit use TIFs (if you need smaller files but can take the slight performance hit turn on LZW compression), if you’re working in 16 or 32 Bit use EXRs with Piz compression. I’ve recently posted a little PSA on Twitter that ended up being…

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Why you should not use PNG files for image sequences
Why you should not use PNG files for image sequences
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