Supported Image File Formats
 
 
 

Flame supports import and soft-import of the following still image file formats.

NotePhotoshop files can only be imported. You cannot soft-import them.

 

File Format Default Extension Bit Depth Notes
Alias® als 8 bits  
Cineon® cin 10 bits  
DPX dpx 8, 10, 12, 16 bits 16-bit files (GW only) are converted to 12-bit unpacked.
JPEG jpg 8 bits  
Gateway clip n/a GW only
HDR hdr 32 bits GW only
OpenEXR exr 8, 10, 12u, 12, 16 fp, or 32 fp bits GW only
Photoshop psd 8 bits  
Pict (Macintosh®) pict 8 bits  
Pixar picio 8 bits  
Precomp (see About note) precomp 8, 10, 12u, 12, 16 fp, or 32 fp bits GW only
SGI® sgi 8 or 16 bits  
Softimage® pic 8 bits  
TARGA® tga 8 bits  
Tdi/Maya® iff 8 or 16 bits  
Tiff tif 8 or 16 bits  
Wavefront® rla 8 or 16 bits  
NoteThe GW only note indicates that this type of file is imported using a Gateway, either through a Gateway library, or through a Gateway Import node in Batch.

About Maya .Precomp Files

Maya Pre-Compositing files include hierarchical information about a scene, as well as paths to all of the rendered media. The Gateway supports reading these files as a type of multi-channel media. Each render layer in a Precomp script is treated as a clip version which can be exposed in Batch using the Version box in a Gateway Import node.