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Formats for Render Layers and Passes

Below is an overview of the image formats of Render Layers and Passes for the different output formats.

Last updated 3 August 2026

Below is an overview of the image formats of Render Layers and Passes for the different output formats.

Output Format

Render Layer Format

Render Pass Format

PNG

PNG

EXR

JPEG

PNG

EXR

EXR

EXR

EXR

TIFF

TIFF

EXR

TIFF 32-bit

TIFF 32-bit

EXR

PSD

Last used format

EXR

PSD 32-bit

Last used format

EXR

AMD Requirements

GPU raytracing in KeyShot Studio supports AMD GPUs built on RDNA3 microarchitecture or later, found in the Radeon RX 7600 or above.

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Animation Output

3. Video Output Enable this to generate a video of the animation.

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Apple GPU Requirements (BETA)

GPU raytracing in KeyShot Studio supports Apple Silicon Mac with M1 chips or newer and MacOS Sequoia 15 or later.

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CMF

The CMF (Color, Material, Finish) output option enables you to output a document, containing an image with callouts and a table with Material information.

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Compositing Examples with Render Passes

Render Passes can be used in various ways during post-processing. Below are two basic examples of compositing workflows with Render Passes, using Photoshop to explain the concepts.

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