exrTrader is a suite of plugins and provides complete support for OpenEXR in LightWave 3D.
It includes free standard image loaders and savers supporting RGBA as well as an image filter plugin to save arbitrary buffers.

OpenEXR is an HDR image file format featuring:

• Support for 16/32bit float and 32-bit integer pixels
• Multiple lossless compression schemes
• Support by all major compositing packages
• Storage of multiple, arbitrary channels in a single file

As always there is a free download that offers you a limited funtionality even without licensing ... for free. :-)

Basic OpenEXR Loader and Saver Plugins

exrTrader includes basic LightWave image loader and saver plugins to deal with OpenEXR images. These allow you to load and save OpenEXR images in any part of LightWave that loads and save images.
These are included in exrTrader for free, and may be used freely without purchasing exrTrader. Just download exrTrader from the downloads section of this website (a user registration is required).

Render buffers supported by exrTrader

exrTrader OpenEXR Layered Export

This plugin allows you to save all buffers provided by LightWave 3D to a single or multiple OpenEXR files, designed to save render buffers for compositing.

To enjoy the functionality of the OpenEXR Layered Export, just go to our shop and make the small investment of 39 EUR or 53 USD.
exrTrader is available for both 32- and 64-bit Windows, as well as OSX. It is compatible with LightWave3D version 7.5 up to version 9.X.