openexr

Install command:
brew install openexr

Also known as: openexr@3

High dynamic-range image file format

https://www.openexr.com/

License: BSD-3-Clause

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/openexr.json

Formula code: openexr.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 3.5.3

Revision: 1

Depends on:

imath 3.2.3 Library of 2D and 3D vector, matrix, and math operations
libdeflate 1.26 Heavily optimized DEFLATE/zlib/gzip compression and decompression
openjph 0.33.0 Open-source implementation of JPEG2000 Part-15 (or JPH or HTJ2K)
zstd 1.5.7 Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm

Depends on when building from source:

cmake 4.4.5 Cross-platform make
pkgconf 3.0.10 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Binaries: exr2aces, exrenvmap, exrheader, exrinfo, exrmakepreview, exrmaketiled, exrmanifest, exrmetrics, exrmultipart, exrmultiview, exrstdattr

GitHub Packages downloads:

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