Editing OpenEXR (section)

===History===
OpenEXR was created by ILM in 1999 and released to the public in 2003 along with an [[Open-source license|open source]] [[software library]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.openexr.com/OpenEXR_Press_Release_1_22_03.pdf |date=22 January 2003 |title=Industrial Light & Magic Releases Proprietary Extended Dynamic Range Image File Format OpenEXR to Open Source Community |access-date=11 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721234341/http://www.openexr.com/OpenEXR_Press_Release_1_22_03.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="OpenEXRdotCom">{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr|title=OpenEXR|date=January 16, 2023|via=GitHub}}</ref> It soon received wide adoption by software used in [[computer graphics]], particularly for [[Film production|film]] and [[Television production|television]] production. The format has been updated several times, adding support for tiles, [[mipmaps]], new compression methods, and other features.<ref name=OpenEXRdotCom/> In 2007, OpenEXR was honored with an [[Academy Award for Technical Achievement]].<ref name=OpenEXRdotCom/>

OpenEXR 2.0 was released in April 2013, extending the format with support for [[Deep image compositing|deep image buffers]] and multiple images embedded in a single file.<ref name=OpenEXRdotCom/><ref>{{cite mailing list |url=https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/openexr-announce/2013-04/msg00000.html |first=Piotr |last=Stanczyk |title=v2.0.0.0 (GM) release announcement |mailing-list=openexr-announce |date=9 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/openexr_2.0 |title=OpenEXR 2.0 |date=10 April 2013 |work=The CGSoceity}}</ref> Version 2.2, released August 2014, added the lossy DWA compression format.<ref name="OpenEXR 2.2">{{cite press release|date=8 August 2014|title=DreamWorks Animation Contributes Lossy Compression To OpenEXR 2.2|url=https://www.renderosity.com/dreamworks-animation-contributes-lossy-compression-to-openexr-2-2-cms-17221|location=Glendale, CA|access-date=2014-08-18}}</ref>