Re: [Openexr-devel] groups of channels

[Florian Kainz]

Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote:
> Have you considered adding the concept of groups of channels in the OpenEXR 
> format?  If there were the concept of grouping channels together 
> hierarchically, and being able to add meta-data (attributes..) on those groups, 
> the format could be used as a sort of floating-point equivalent of photoshop 
> files.
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We have not considered adding a "channel group" concept.
Do you have a specific application in mind?
What sort of API do you envision for channel groups, and
could your API be implemented in a backwards-compatible
manner?