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