Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 171)

Chapter 5 Compatible File Formats and Image Resolutions 171
An asterisk indicates additional format notes (following the table).
Extension
Image
Format Input
Channels Output
Channels
Compression Bit Depth tmp Files
.iff* (or no
extension) Shake native BW[A, Z],
RGB[A, Z]
Same 8, 16, float No
.nri Shake icon
(only for
interface
icons) RGB[A] Same 8 No
.iff* Alias/
Wavefront
Maya
(licensed
from Apple) RGB[A, Z] Same 8, 16, float No
.als, .alias,
(pix) Alias/
Wavefront
Alias RGB Same 8 Yes
.alsz Alias/
Wavefront
Alias Z
buffer Z,
BW[A, Z],
RGB[A, Z]
Same 8,16, float Yes
.avi* Microsoft
video file
format RGBA Same Lossy, from 0
to 1, 1 =
high quality
.bmp, .dib BMP RGB Same 8
.ct, .ct16,
.mray Mental Ray RGBA Same 8,16, float No
.cin* Kodak
Cineon RGB[A] Same None 16 (10 on
disk) Yes
.dpx DPX reader
courtesy of
Michael
Jonas, Das
Werk Gmbh,
modified by
Apple RGBA Same N/A 8, 16 Yes
.exr OpenEXR RGB[A, Z]
(supports
any number
of additional
channels)
Same Options for
both lossless
and lossy
compression
ratios from
2:1 to 3:1 16-bit float,
32-bit float,
(32-bit int
supported in
Z channel) No
.gif (read
only) GIF RGB N/A N/A 8 No