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Subject: Re: Misc: Applications of small floating point formats.
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On 8/1/2024 6:09 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Aug 2024 04:49:50 -0500, BGB wrote:
> 
>> IME, typically OpenGL HDR framebuffers used 4x Binary16.
> 
> OpenGL is only for on-screen stuff.


You can use it for offline rendering as well, and this sort of thing has 
gotten more popular in recent years.

Similar goes for the use of consumer grade graphics cards and game 
engines for CGI in TV shows. For example, for season 6, Miraculous 
Ladybug is going over to the using of the Unreal Engine to render the TV 
show.

Though, unclear in these cases whether the backend rendering API would 
be OpenGL, DirectX, or Vulkan.

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