How do I render real Tiff-Files?

[phisat]

I try to render a scene in maya 2.5 as tiff-files but the
extension says .pic or .tga. When I try to import them into
Photoshop it says it cannot parse this format.
So what is wrong with this format? Can anyone help me? I need the alpha channel included in the tiff-files to import
them in Macromedia Director. Alpha channels are only accepted when they are included in Tiff-Files.

[msimon]

If your on NT you need to use the following format:

yourFile.001.tif

If your on SGI:

yourFile.tif.001

If that doesn't work something is really screwed up. The only problem I've encountered with Maya tifs is that the date/time field is wrong being 25 instead of 20 characters.

[jtk77]

To tell you the truth , if you can I'd render as Targas . Compresstions better and they are just as reconized by program . Mayas Targa files render out perfect without odd problems that happen with tiffs , plus I've found you render takes longer if you render to a tiff . Just a bit 'o advice .

"..you know, its hard to get people to pay you to make dancing robots.."
--Mr.K

[actarus]

y not render as a normal format,

then convert to tiff with photoshop
(or a different prog if it's animation)?

[anthony-1]

My normal workflow is to render in iff (native format right?) then convert to desired file type with imgcvt or fcheck, one thing to keep in mind... I believe, at least in Maya 1.0 days, that fcheck would scale the image down to the displayed screen size when converting, so a 5k file converted w/Fcheck would end up being the size of your wimdow during the process i.e. 1024x600 or whatever... You can also use ftiff if your working in Irix.

        Gl, Tony

[jtk77]

If the .iff format was widespread I would , but its too many stepps to convert it to a known format , you end up taking just as much time as if you were to render to say a Targa or SGI file. The phtotshop plugin is good for converting your textures to the native format before inporting them , but its a little slow and odd.
Besides , TARGA fformat or SGI format files seem to render out perfectly.

"..you know, its hard to get people to pay you to make dancing robots.."
--Mr.K

"..you know, its hard to get people to pay you to make dancing robots.."
--Mr.K