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# Specifying the Output Format of the Render Files

You can render your shots to the same file format as the original footage or select a different one. By default, shots are rendered to the same format as the original footage. Currently supported formats are DPX and Cineon at 10 and 8 bits per channel, TIFF at 8 and 16 bits per channel, TARGA®, SGI, and BMP at 8 bits per channel and OpenEXR . When OpenEXR is set as the output format, the resulting files are encoded as single channel RGB OpenEXR 16-bit half float.

NoteThe ability to render OpenEXR files is only available on the Linux version of Lustre. Also, it is not possible to render OpenEXR files through BrowseD.

To specify the output format:

1. In the Main menu, click Render and then click Output.

   The Render Output menu appears.

   (a)Same as Input button(b) List of supported output formats

2. Do one of the following:
   - To render to the same format as the originals, enable Same format as scans.
   - To render to another format, disable Same format as scans.
3. If you are rendering to another format, select the format in the list by highlighting it.