Missing Image IO PlugIn?? [work-around found]

[Tom]

Have been playing around with the new 19.5C build and while doing some tests using four different fur materials. this error message popped up;

 

"Missing Image IO Plugin ..."

 

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

Fur-TESTS.prj FurBEST.mat FurFenwick.mat FurMouseKing.mat Shag.mat

[robcat2075]

I was able to load your PRJ, which seems not to require any images.

Does the error say which image IO was missing?   like jpg? tga? etc...

[Tom]

I tried rendering again and this time I tried rendering single images. The problem is that when I select a file extension, the software leaves out a letter and makes the render unsavable.

For example I tried rendering a "png " file and the file only adds an "ng" after the period in the filename... making the file unsavable and thus the error message.

 

Can anyone duplicate this bug?

(see attachment)

[Tom]

I'm finding that the software adds the file names incorrectly for other extensions besides just "png"s.

 

For "tga" it adds .ic instead of .tga.???

[robcat2075]

hmmm... I'd be curious to see a screencam of this happening, beginning with setting the filename.

[robcat2075]

After conferring, we found that @Tom 's A:M was behaving oddly.

If he went to Render to File and left the "Format" as default AVI,  then went to the  Filename dialog...

 

... to set a file "Type" there, such as .tga...

 

... that would cause A:M to append a fictious .ic file type when saving a render (and fail because there is no .ic type)  instead of the .tga he wanted.

I'll note that in my A:M I get a different behavior. Trying to set a file type in the filename dialog has no effect at all! The Filetype will always be what was set in "Format"

 

The work-around is to always use the drop-down list at "Format" to choose a file type, and to not select a filetype in the filename dialog

 

In addition, the "Set" option lets you set any parameters that are peculiar to a format, such as compression, or bit depth.

 

Screencam of problem:

 

 

 

[Tom]

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