I am trying to render out an 8-bit image (preferably in a tif file) from Karma.

I can switch it from 16-bit float to 32-bit float, but I cannot find a way to render to an 8-bit per channel tif file. I tried setting the filename suffix to tif3, but that didn't work.

is it possible?

I also tried rendering to an EXR, and then converting to an 8-bit file in copernicus, but that also seems to only output 16-bit or 32-bit float


as a workaround, I rendered to a JPG, which does work, but involves opening the jpg in gimp and exporting to 8-bit tif file.

You can use ImageMagick to convert your images. Use -depth 8parameter to encode in 8-bit image.

You can also specify the output format in the Render Var.