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-[submodule "3rdparty/Imath"]
-	path = 3rdparty/Imath
-	url = https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/Imath.git
-[submodule "3rdparty/openexr"]
-	path = 3rdparty/openexr
-	url = https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr.git
diff --git a/3rdparty/Imath b/3rdparty/Imath
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-Subproject commit 1c8a010f9c48fb9c8dd5330337936802c3dee2bd
diff --git a/3rdparty/openexr b/3rdparty/openexr
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-Subproject commit 4a84390282584957ffaf1697c411f9ae7e420f2f