image format for rendering

[ibra]

what image formats should i use for rendering my 3d characters?

[owei]

Hi! I recommend to read this here and make you decision. There are so many image formats out there. It depends on what you will do with them...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_formats

cheers,
oli

PS. personally I go with exr, half float, sometimes float to have a large range of manipulation options in post..