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Exporting individual layers as EXR


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Used the File -> Export, and select the EXR format.  There are then options for exporting as layered - either change the Preset, or press on "More" to see the full options.

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Do you mean you want each layer to be exported to its own individual EXR document? If so, you can use the Export persona to do so:

  • Switch across to the Export persona (top left, the final icon with the three nodes)
  • On the Layers panel, shift-click all of the layers you want to export, then choose Create Slice.
  • Switch across to the Slices panel, and shift-click all the newly added slices.
  • Set your export options above on the Export Options panel - so you'll want to change the preset to OpenEXR 32-bit linear. If each layer is to be a separate EXR document then you probably won't need multi-layered export, so the regular preset should be fine.
  • Choose Export Slices and pick a directory to export to.
  • That's it!

Hope that helps; as Ben has mentioned above you also have the option of multi-layer export within one document which is a bit tidier - it depends on your needs.

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Yes I want each layer to be exported to its own individual EXR document so I can do the compositing in Blackmagic Fusion.

Thank you Ben and James for your advice.

Am planning to move over to Affinity Photo from Photoshop (17 years using PS).

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