diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f45086f9b..162594099 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1555,6 +1555,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "effectcraft-render",
  "effectcraft-time",
  "effectcraft-vp9enc",
+ "exr",
  "filmcraft-aac",
  "filmcraft-h264enc",
  "filmcraft-isobmff",
diff --git a/crates/export/Cargo.toml b/crates/export/Cargo.toml
index f2c185262..c477d2787 100644
--- a/crates/export/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/export/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ effectcraft-vp9enc = { workspace = true }
 effectcraft-hevcenc = { workspace = true }
 effectcraft-av1enc = { workspace = true }
 image = { workspace = true, features = ["png", "jpeg", "tiff", "exr", "tga"] }
+exr = { workspace = true }
 gif = { workspace = true }
 rayon = { workspace = true }
 web-time = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/export/src/lib.rs b/crates/export/src/lib.rs
index 1b69a87bd..560d07978 100644
--- a/crates/export/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/export/src/lib.rs
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ struct StillOutput {
 
 fn write_still<W: std::io::Write + std::io::Seek>(cx: &Cx, file: &mut W, img: &Image, comp: &Comp, output: StillOutput) -> Result<()> {
     let StillOutput { format: fmt, channels, size: (w, h), quality } = output;
-    use image::{ExtendedColorType, ImageEncoder, ImageFormat};
+    use image::{ExtendedColorType, ImageEncoder};
     match fmt {
         OutputFormat::ExrSequence => {
             // Linear light, premultiplied (the EXR convention); RGB keeps alpha = 1 over the background.
@@ -326,8 +326,16 @@ fn write_still<W: std::io::Write + std::io::Seek>(cx: &Cx, file: &mut W, img: &I
                     data.extend_from_slice(&[c[0], c[1], c[2], a]);
                 }
             }
-            let buf = image::Rgba32FImage::from_raw(w, h, data).ok_or_else(|| ExportError::Encode("exr buffer".into()))?;
-            image::DynamicImage::ImageRgba32F(buf).write_to(file, ImageFormat::OpenExr).map_err(|e| ExportError::Encode(e.to_string()))
+            // Scan lines with ZIP like `comp.saveFrameAsExr`: `image`'s encoder writes 64×64 RLE tiles,
+            // which FilmCraft and other scan-line readers refuse (#2805).
+            use exr::prelude::{Encoding, Layer, LayerAttributes, SpecificChannels, Vec2, WritableImage};
+            let row = w as usize * 4;
+            let pixels = SpecificChannels::rgba(|p: Vec2<usize>| {
+                let o = p.y() * row + p.x() * 4;
+                (data[o], data[o + 1], data[o + 2], data[o + 3])
+            });
+            let layer = Layer::new((w as usize, h as usize), LayerAttributes::default(), Encoding::SMALL_LOSSLESS, pixels);
+            exr::image::Image::from_layer(layer).write().to_buffered(file).map_err(|e| ExportError::Encode(e.to_string()))
         }
         OutputFormat::JpegSequence => {
             let px = cx.pixels(img, comp, if channels == Channels::Alpha { Channels::Alpha } else { Channels::Rgb }, w, h);
diff --git a/crates/export/tests/it/roundtrip.rs b/crates/export/tests/it/roundtrip.rs
index 477191f64..fbad2ca48 100644
--- a/crates/export/tests/it/roundtrip.rs
+++ b/crates/export/tests/it/roundtrip.rs
@@ -302,6 +302,22 @@ fn exr_sequence_is_linear() {
     assert!((c[2] - 0.1329).abs() < 0.01 && (c[3] - 1.0).abs() < 1e-6, "{c:?}");
 }
 
+/// Sequence frames are scan-line EXR, not tiled, so scan-line readers such as FilmCraft open
+/// them (#2805).
+#[test]
+fn exr_sequence_writes_scan_lines() {
+    let (p, cid) = project(None);
+    let d = out_dir("seq-exr-scanline");
+    let om = OutputModule::for_format(OutputFormat::ExrSequence);
+    run(&p, cid, &NoFootage, &om, &d.join("f_[#####].exr"));
+    let bytes = std::fs::read(d.join("f_00000.exr")).expect("exr");
+    // Version field: 2, then the flags byte whose 0x02 bit marks a single-part tiled file.
+    assert_eq!(&bytes[4..6], &[2, 0], "{:02x?}", &bytes[..8]);
+    let meta = exr::meta::MetaData::read_from_buffered(std::io::Cursor::new(&bytes), false).expect("exr header");
+    assert_eq!(meta.headers[0].blocks, exr::meta::BlockDescription::ScanLines);
+    assert_eq!(meta.headers[0].compression, exr::compression::Compression::ZIP16);
+}
+
 /// A 32 bpc project whose only layer is a full-frame opaque solid of the given colour.
 fn bright_project(color: [f32; 3]) -> (Project, ItemId) {
     let mut p = Project::default();