====== OpenEXR support in third party applications ======

Here is a short list of third party applications, mainly compositing applications, and a summary of their ability to read OpenEXR:

^Blackmagic Fusion 9.x|Reads RGBA and "deep" channels, R, G, B, A, Z, pixelCover, objectID, materialID, U, V, NX, NY, NZ, velX, velY \\ Any channel of the file may be assigned to any of the deep channels used by Fusion. \\ Fusion is available for free at http://www.blackmagic-design.com (also for commercial use) and highly recommended by us.|
^Nuke|Extended OpenEXR support, reads up to 64 arbitrary channels of an OpenEXR file, supports layers/grouped channels. \\ Single channel buffers should be saved using “A” as the channel name, Nuke will then interpret them as masks and read them properly. You can use the layer name to differentiate between different buffers. |
^Blender|supports OpenEXR images with arbitrary channels for compositing.|
^After Effects CC|Includes advanced support for OpenEXR due to the inclusion of plugins from  http://www.fnordware.com/|
^PhotoShop CC|Uses the same loader as After Effects 7, so basic RGBA support only. \\ Advanced support for OpenEXR is available from http://www.fnordware.com/ProEXR/ \\ http://www.exr-io.com/ Provides an alternative loader that seems more modern and is free as well.|
^Affinity Photo	|Ships with very good native OpenEXR support.|


===== Older Applications =====

^Digital Fusion 4|Reads RGBA only.|
^Fusion 5+|Reads RGBA and "deep" channels, R, G, B, A, Z, pixelCover, objectID, materialID, U, V, NX, NY, NZ, velX, velY \\ Any channel of the file may be assigned to any of the deep channels used by Fusion 5. \\ A channel may only be assigned once in version 5.01 or earlier of Fusion.|
^Shake 4|As far as we're aware it only reads RGBA, but allows the user to define which channels of the source file to use|
^After Effects 7-CS3|Basic RGBA support \\ Advanced support for OpenEXR is available from http://www.fnordware.com/ProEXR/ |
^After Effects CS4 |Includes advanced support for OpenEXR due to the inclusion of plugins from  http://www.fnordware.com/|
^Combustion 4|Basic RGBA support |
^Toxic|Only handles RGBA buffers, but allows the user to pick which OpenEXR buffers are loaded into the RGBA channels.|

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