OpenImageIO
A robust, format-agnostic library for reading, writing, and processing images, designed for VFX and animation pipelines.
What is OpenImageIO?
OpenImageIO is a library and toolset for reading, writing, and manipulating image files across a wide variety of formats using a consistent, format-agnostic API. It solves the problem of handling diverse image formats in visual effects and animation pipelines by providing a unified interface, high-performance caching, and essential image processing utilities.
Developers at VFX studios and creators of renderers, compositors, viewers, and other image-related software within production pipelines. It is also suitable for researchers and tool developers needing robust, scalable image I/O.
Developers choose OpenImageIO for its proven scalability and robustness in feature film production, its extensive support for professional image formats, and its efficient caching system that handles terabytes of data with minimal memory overhead.
Overview
Reading, writing, and processing images in a wide variety of file formats, using a format-agnostic API, aimed at VFX applications.
Use Cases
Best For
- Building renderers or compositors that need to read and write multiple image formats
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