EXR – Extended Dynamic Range Image File Format
New in version 3.1.
Driver short name
EXR
Build dependencies
libopenexr
OpenEXR is a high dynamic range raster file format. The driver supports reading and writing images in that format.
Georeferencing is written as a WKT CRS string and a 3x3 geotransform matrix in EXR header metadata.
“Deep images” are not supported.
Creation Options
COMPRESS=[NONE/RLE/ZIPS/ZIP/PIZ/PXR24/B44/B44A/DWAA/DWAB]: Compression method. Defaults to ZIP. Details on the format Wikipedia page
PIXEL_TYPE=HALF/FLOAT/UINT: Pixel type used for encoding.
HALF
corresponds to a IEEE-754 16-bit floating point value.FLOAT
corresponds to a IEEE-754 32-bit floating point value.UINT
corresponds to a 32-bit unsigned integer value.
If not specified, the following GDAL data types will be mapped as following:
Byte
==> HALFInt16
==> HALF (potentially lossy)UInt16
==> HALF (potentially lossy)Int32
==> FLOAT (potentially lossy)UInt32
==> UINTFloat32
==> FLOATFloat64
==> FLOAT (generally lossy)
TILED=YES/NO: By default tiled files will be created, unless this option is set to NO. In Create() mode, setting TILED=NO is not possible.
BLOCKXSIZE=n: Sets tile width, defaults to 256.
BLOCKYSIZE=n: Sets tile height, defaults to 256.
OVERVIEWS=YES/NO: Whether to create overviews. Default to NO. Only compatible of CreateCopy() mode.
OVERVIEW_RESAMPLING=NEAR/AVERAGE/CUBIC/…: Resampling method to use for overview creation. Defaults to CUBIC.
PREVIEW=YES/NO: Whether to create a preview. Default to NO. Only compatible of CreateCopy() mode, and with RGB(A) data of type Byte.
AUTO_RESCALE=YES/NO: Whether to rescale Byte RGB(A) values from 0-255 to the 0-1 range usually used in EXR ecosystem.
DWA_COMPRESSION_LEVEL=n: DWA compression level. The higher, the more compressed the image will be (and the more artifacts). Defaults to 45 for OpenEXR 2.4
Driver capabilities
Supports CreateCopy()
This driver supports the GDALDriver::CreateCopy()
operation
Supports Create()
With the caveat, that it is only for tiled data, and each tile must be written at most once, and written tiles cannot be read back before dataset closing.
Supports Georeferencing
This driver supports georeferencing
Supports VirtualIO
This driver supports virtual I/O operations (/vsimem/, etc.)