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OpenEXR Viewer for Windows
Inspect OpenEXR image layers and detailed file metadata with a free, open-source viewer. This download is the Windows 64-bit installer.
- Operating system
- Windows; minimum version not specified by the upstream README
- Architecture
- 64-bit (win64 publisher package)
- Download package
- EXE installer
Selected publisher asset: openexr-viewer-0.6.1-win64-install.exe. No installation or runtime compatibility test was performed.
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What is OpenEXR Viewer?
OpenEXR Viewer opens EXR files for inspecting their image layers and technical metadata. It automatically combines RGB, Luminance-Chroma and Y layers, so you can examine the image alongside the information stored in its header. It is useful when you need to see which layers a rendered EXR contains rather than just a flattened preview.
The selected download is the publisher’s 0.6.1 Windows 64-bit EXE installer, released on December 9, 2023. The upstream release notes describe a fix for a potential buffer overflow with large images. That fix is not a safety guarantee: the project README still describes the software as an early version and warns users to expect crashes and an unpolished interface.
The screenshot is an older publisher-provided Linux desktop capture illustrating the layer and metadata layout; it is not a Windows 0.6.1 installation capture.
What it offers
- View OpenEXR images and inspect detailed file metadata.
- Browse image layers with automatic RGB, Luminance-Chroma and Y layer combinations.
- Inspect the header and layer hierarchy alongside image views.
Good to know
- The publisher describes the application as an early version and explicitly warns of crashes and an unpolished interface.
- The upstream README does not specify a minimum Windows version; Windows compatibility has not been independently tested.
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Sources
References used for this listing. Retrieval dates do not indicate hands-on testing.
- openexr-viewer - Download — protected passive browser observation ↗Retrieved
- OpenEXR Viewer — upstream README (retained discovery observation) ↗Retrieved
- OpenEXR Viewer — BSD 3-Clause License (retained discovery observation) ↗Retrieved
- OpenEXR Viewer v0.6.1 — official release JSON (retained discovery observation) ↗Retrieved
- Publisher README application screenshot — newly acquired image ↗Retrieved
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