[Radiance-general] HDR extension in rad, trad

[R Fritz]

I agree. There are too many apps which already use "pic", and it's  
confusing besides; there's more information in an HDR map than there  
is in a conventional image file. Perhaps we could also register a MIME  
type for hdr files? Or has that already been done? I'm willing to  
undertake the work on that, if people want and if it hasn't been done  
yet.

Randolph

On Oct 25, 2008, at 10:10 AM, Greg Ward wrote:

> All suffixes in Radiance are just a convention, but since both  
> Windows and Mac OS X look at the suffix as a first indication of  
> file type, it's not a bad idea to standardize them.  The "hdr"  
> suffix has definitely been picked up by the mainstream as a Radiance  
> image file, while the "pic" suffix gets confused for other types on  
> the different systems.  In this respect, I agree with Axel that it  
> would be beneficial to change this convention, if people are OK with  
> that.
>
> Although I can see Rob's point that it's nice to have a suffix that  
> uniquely identifies a Radiance-generated image from other possible  
> sources, the de facto use of extensions does not support this these  
> days.  An extension indicates the file type, not its creator.
>
> If anyone else has a good reason why we should not switch to using  
> ".hdr" in place of ".pic" in rad/trad/etc. in the next release, now  
> is the time to speak up.
>
> -Greg
>
>> From: Rob Guglielmetti <rpg at rumblestrip.org>
>> Date: October 25, 2008 7:43:24 AM PDT
>>
>> On Oct 25, 2008, at 8:20 AM, Axel Jacobs wrote:
>>>
>>> trad still puts the old .pic extension on image files. The general
>>> consensus nowadays seems to be to use .hdr. Since it's a quick
>>> find-and-replace jobbie, may I propose to use this convention for  
>>> rad
>>> and trad as well. I'd be happy to send you patch.
>>
>> I rather like (and have become accustomed to, and have built  
>> scripts around) the .pic extension referring to a raw Radiance- 
>> generated image.  I dunno how everyone else feels, but with all the  
>> available sources for hdr images, some of which we can call "hdr"  
>> images, I'd rather keep our good old .pic extension as a Radiance  
>> community standard.
>
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