Re: [Openexr-devel] Established deep data file extension?

[Christian Bloch]

Completely agree.

As somebody who was watching EXR usage grow in the photography field, and 
actively pushing for it, I think a standardized secondary extension will be 
very helpful. Otherwise it runs into the danger of turning into a minefield 
like TIF. Fine when it's optional, but it should not grow wild. 

DXR and SXR sound logical to me, but your point about the audible similarity 
and possible miscommunications is a good one. It's just that I wouldn't know 
anything better. ODZ just sounds like an oddball. I've already forgotten what 
it stands for…  The good part about the *XR notation is, that I can stumble 
over a forgotten file like that in 5 years and will remember that it's a flavor 
of EXR, and if I happen to have no VFX software here I can rename it and have a 
peek in a (thankfully already) huge amount of programs. 

Blochi


On Jul 19, 2012, at 10:07 PM, Peter Hillman wrote:

> Now's the chance to define what that is, so we only end with one alternate 
> extension. The argument about if and where that alternative should be used is 
> a different discussion, isn't it?